Tag: climate

• August 15, 2022

  Hot and getting hotter – 5 essential reads on high temps and human bodies

  

  Leah Samuel, The Conversation Launching the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and the heat.gov site on July 26, 2022, the Biden administration cited heat waves and the warming climate as serious health threats. As the new initiative promises a “science informed response” to hotter conditions, five stories from The Conversation’s archive explain what…
• July 27, 2022

  Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides

  

  Kristen A. Baum, Oklahoma State University On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed the migratory monarch butterfly on its Red List of threatened species and classified it as endangered. Monarchs migrate across North America each year and are one of the continent’s most widely recognized species. The Conversation asked…