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Health risks surge in UK due to climate change: Report
The report estimates that there will be up to 10,000 deaths in the country by the 2050s as a result of extreme heat.
B’desh records 520,758 deaths due to extreme weather since 1970: WMO
“Asia accounted for 47 per cent of all reported deaths worldwide, with tropical cyclones being the leading cause of reported deaths. Tropical cyclone...
Extreme weather events cause $270bn loss in 2022:Â Report
The costliest natural disaster in 2022 was Hurricane Ian in the US, which caused losses of around $100 billion
Extreme weather linked to cardiovascular deaths: Research
According to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation, both extremely hot and cold temperatures...
Extreme weather poses potential threat to heart health: Research
The EXHAUSTION project used individual data, enabling us to identify vulnerable subgroups for protective interventions.
When the Alps broke into a cold sweat
The UK’s Met Office remarked that such extremes of temperature will now be a mainstay of life in the country, which was ill-prepared to mitigate such...
Alternative Energy Challenges: Hydropower’s tryst with extreme
For many years, the thinking around the use of hydropower as a clean energy source has been that once built, a plant can reliably generate electricity...
Extreme Weather: Logic of risking lives to save homes
In December 2019, Jack Egan watched his home in the Australian beachside settlement of Rosedale go up in flames. Despite orders from authorities to...
