With 2 degrees Celsius of warming, the population of South Asia will experience more than double the exposure to unsafe labor temperatures (left) and will have almost three times the exposure to temperatures that cause lethal heat stress (right). Credit: Saeed et. al/ Geophysical Research Letters/AGU Residents of South Asia already periodically experience heat...
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Hexbyte Glen Cove Deadly winter storm pushes into eastern US
A man shovels snow in New York on February 18, 2021 A deadly winter weather system that brought record-busting cold to the southern and central United States, knocking out power for millions in oil-rich Texas, was blanketing the East Coast in snow Thursday, disrupting coronavirus vaccinations. The historic frigid blast has over the past...
Hexbyte Glen Cove Deadly snowstorms cause chaos across Spain
Firefighters helped by the army, freed hundreds of motorists overnight Snowstorms across much of Spain left three people dead and caused chaos across much of the country, trapping motorists and closing the capital's air and rail links, with more falls to come Saturday. On Friday, Madrid experienced its heaviest snowfalls since 1971 after what...