Heatwaves: Options Going from Bad to Worse
By 2100, if nations continue to burn fossil fuels at the current rates, three out of four people will be at risk from lethal heatwaves.
Lethal heat may impact 350 million with ‘business as usual’ climate change scenario.
The numbers of people exposed to potentially lethal heat stroke and heat exhaustion could reach 350 million by 2050.
America’s farmers (and those who rely on them) face an uncertain future.
All this weird weather is part of a trend. Now is the time to prepare, because the future is here.
Another ecosystem (the deep ocean) is in danger as temperatures rise
Due to rising temperatures, biodiversity in many areas of the seafloor will shrink over the next 80 years as less food reaches that part of the world.
Fossil fuels bypass is not science fiction
Every one of the future visions to bypass the use of fossil fuels are a testament to the ingenuity in the world’s laboratories.
Heat hits wheat yields per field
The negative impact from increasing temperatures on wheat production warrants critical investment in climate change adaptation strategies.
Innovation: Generating Electricity from a Hi-Tech T-Shirt
The latest sportswear fashion; a fabric that manages its own energy needs. The day of the wearable electronic device is at hand.
Scientists link conflict and climate change
A team of European scientists say they can demonstrate, “in a scientifically sound way”, a link between civil violence based on ethnic divisions, and episodes of drought, intense heat or other climate-linked weather extremes.