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Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heat wave severity      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Even though climate change is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves, there is no standard, gl ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Severe Weather
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The heat index -- how hot it really feels -- is rising faster than temperature      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers showed in 2022 that heat index calculations by NOAA based on analyses from the 1970s don ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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As temperatures break records, many are unaware of symptoms of heat-related illnesses      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Following record breaking heat, a survey reveals that most Americans do not know where their local c ...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Underground car parks heat up groundwater      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The heat given off by car engines warms up underground car parks in such a way that the heat passes ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Heat-related cardiovascular deaths in the U.S. may more than double within decades      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In nationwide projections, elderly and Black adults are most at risk for cardiovascular death due to...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Heat exposure may increase inflammation and impair the immune system      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Exposure to high heat may impair the cells of the immune system that remember specific viruses and g ...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Extreme heat associated with children's asthma hospital visits      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Extreme heat events were associated with increased asthma hospital visits, according to new research ...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Energy: Technology Environmental: General Geoscience: Environmental Issues
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Benefits of heat pumps      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Millions of U.S. households would benefit from heat pumps, but the cost of installing the technology ...

Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Environmental Issues Physics: Optics
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How light can vaporize water without the need for heat      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers discovered that light can cause evaporation of water from a surface without the need for...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics Energy: Technology Environmental: General
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This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In a new study, researchers present an adaptive tile, which when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lo...

Environmental: General Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Night-time heat significantly increases the risk of stroke      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers show that nocturnal heat significantly increases the risk of stroke. The findings can co ...