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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface. Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. Other animals can sweat a bit, but not like us.

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'The next decade will determine our future': A business guide to IPCC's atlas of climate impacts and resilience

Business Green

Everywhere is being impacted, but parts of Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Arctic regions, and small island states are at particular risk. Cities, meanwhile, can be cooled by parks and ponds and greening streets and buildings' rooftops and walls.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Some have actually called the Arctic the world’s “air-conditioning system” because of the role of the large ice sheets in cooling the surrounding continents. With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Regional cooling due to jetstream disruption.