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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

Basu analyzed 60,000 summertime births — those taking place between May and September — from 1999 to 2006, across 16 California counties. percent in South Asia. But when Basu published her study, her findings spurred similar research all over the world. She found higher rates of preterm births during higher temperatures.

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Cities need to act on climate adaptation now

Unsustainable

The impacts of climate change are already being felt in South Asia in the form of erratic rainfall patterns predicted by climatologists. In 2006, flooding in Surat left more than 75 percent of the city underwater, causing major economic and other losses. The flooding was caused by an emergency release from the upstream Ukai reservoir.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

In some areas, including the Mediterranean, southern Africa, central and eastern Asia, and western North America, droughts are becoming more common and severe due to climate change, which also increases the probability of fires occurring and total burned area in some parts of all continents. Flooding in 2019 destroyed her house.