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What Would Cities Look Like With 3 Degrees C of Warming vs. 1.5? Far More Hazardous and Vastly Unequal

The City Fix

The world recently experienced a 13-month streak of record-breaking global temperatures. And as blistering heat waves punish communities across several continents, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record. Global average temperatures are now perilously close to exceeding 1.5.

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

Grist

Colleagues, particularly those who had not ever been pregnant, implied she was wasting her time. As temperatures rise, so does drought and air pollution, which also increases the risk of preterm birth or low birthweight babies. But when Basu published her study, her findings spurred similar research all over the world. And the U.S.

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Climate Change: Where Are We Now?

Unsustainable

The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss. Eighteen of the 19 warmest years all have occurred since 2001, with the exception of 1998. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record. In June of 1988 James E.