They “can experience a blunted response to extreme ambient heat, driven by reduced skin blood flow and an impaired sweating response, such that one’s body cannot cool itself properly,” he explained.

The forests of Northern Colorado are home to all sorts of animals – from birds, squirrels, and snowshoe hares to elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain lions. But in 2020, severe wildfires raged across ...

Cars tend to be most efficient below approximately 60 miles per hour, and they become less efficient as speed increases. So avoiding high speeds can also help save on gas. Finally, maintaining proper ...

Since Hurricane Fiona in 2022, residents have endured more than 230 power outages, disrupting daily life, education, and health care.

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Nonetheless, insurance companies have become some of the biggest financiers of fossil fuels, which are the primary cause of climate change — the extraction and burning of oil, gas, and coal are ...

Janous says in the short term to ramp up supply quickly, utilities will likely turn to fossil fuels. So to limit the climate impact of increased energy demand in the long term, it’s important to plan ...

Bud is an environmental journalist and journalism educator in the Washington, D.C./Virginia area. He started his environmental journalism career in 1974 as Managing Editor of The Bureau of National ...

The fires, likely to be the costliest in world history, were made about 35% more likely due to the 1.3°C of global warming ...