In many cities, it is becoming too hot to work
The number of high heat days is increasing rapidly across the world, and the implications for businesses are profound.
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The number of high heat days is increasing rapidly across the world, and the implications for businesses are profound.
ByDevastating wildfires are reshaping California, a state that has always been both a wild frontier and a bastion of progress.
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ByFrans Timmermans quoted Shakespeare’s Hamlet as he defended ambitious EU climate plans, perhaps forgetting the Danish prince’s reputation as a…
ByEven after excluding forest fires, parts of the Amazon rainforest are now net emitters of carbon.
ByFrom Ethiopia to Ukraine to India, the fight for control over water management systems is sparking conflict.
ByAs the environment becomes increasingly unstable, gradual reforms to blunt capitalism's roughest edges will become less and less feasible.
ByCalifornia’s Death Valley has broken the all-time world air temperature record with 54.44°C.
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