Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people
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Extreme posts on social media 'fuel classroom racism' and 1 in 6 teachers have had misogynistic abuse ⊖
A survey of 10,578 teachers by the National Education Union (NEU) found 52 per cent had seen 'racist' behaviour from children, while 56 per cent had seen 'misogyny'.
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I did it. I actually saw a Cetti’s warbler | Lev Parikian ⊕
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Walthamstow Wetlands, London: They’re professional skulkers, loud but highly elusive. And yet there one is, out of the reeds, to be remembered for ever
It’s weather you’d emigrate to avoid. Gloomy and…
54 days ago
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future ○
Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body
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Extreme cold in New York City leaves 18 dead ⊖
Homeless shelter capacity has been increased following a period of freezing temperatures in the city.
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Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in ‘very dry’ state ⊖
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Ouyen and Mildura in northern Victoria forecast to break state’s all-time maximum on Tuesday, as weather warnings issued
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‘I feel like I’ll never be cold again’: How tennis stars coped with Melbourne heat | Tumaini Carayol ⊖
Extreme heat wreaked havoc on Australian Open schedule but tennis has changed its ways of dealing with the sun
Even before the first set and first hour of his match elapsed, Tomas Machac had asked the…
82 days ago
Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds ⊖⊖
Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says
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83 days ago
Extreme snowfall buries towns in Far East Russia after worst blizzards in decades ⊖
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The cold snap disrupted transport across the region, closing roads in China, stranding air travellers in Japan and leaving parts of Russia paralysed.
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Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique ⊖
Flood warning raised to highest level with roads washed away and rain forcing evacuation of Kruger national park
Large areas of north-eastern South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique have been inundat…