According to a new study, work hours may change in the coming years due to the impact of global warming. A new study published in the academic journal Nature Communications says that rising temperatures in the day might force people to reconsider the wide-prevailing 9 to 5 workday and shift work to cooler parts of …
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As a step toward understanding the effects of global warming on brain health, a recent systematic review analyzed the impact of increasing ambient temperatures on individuals with neurological disorders. Elevated ambient temperatures were associated with exacerbated symptoms and increased hospitalization and mortality rates in individuals with neurological disorders. The study also compared the occurrence of …
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The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the U.S. president are asking what role climate change might have played – and whether tornadoes will become more common in …
If you’re looking for evidence that the climate crisis is taking a toll, look no further than a new survey of Angelenos. Fifty-one percent of Los Angeles County residents avoided going outside at some point between summer 2020 and summer 2021 because of concerns about breathing wildfire smoke, the University of Southern California survey found. More than …
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Since carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere far longer than other greenhouse gases, driving climate change, efforts to reduce it are critical. On a global scale, plants sequester almost one-third of CO2 emissions through photosynthesis, according to new research led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Thus, forests and other similar ecosystems are some of the …
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