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U.S. Population Affected by Heat Waves Could Quadruple by 2050: Research
U.S. residents' exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population that's growing especially fast in the hottest regions of the ...
2014 May Be Warmest Year on Record: WMO
Record-high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record—or at least among the very warmest—in evidence of a long-term trend of global warming, the U.N.'s weather agency said on ...
Munich Re: Most Americans Now Believe in Climate Change
More than 8 in 10 Americans now believe the climate is changing—although they place that concern beneath issues like global political instability, economic crisis or a pandemic, according to a new ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Says Combating Climate Change Will Strengthen Economy
Making investments in combating climate change will make the U.S. economy stronger and create tens of thousands of jobs, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said. "The need for action is clear," Lew ...
Coastal Cities Sinking Faster Than Sea Levels Rising, Lloyd’s Warns
A bulletin from Lloyd's of London warns that, "as sea levels rise, ground levels in coastal megacities are also falling – with potentially disastrous implications for insurers. Insurers of large ...
Has Global Warming Been Ongoing or Not?
The climate change debate continues with new research pointed to a steady global warming trend over thousands of years to the present, contrary to a major work issued in 2013 that tracked cooling ...
How Hot Was It? Last Year Among 10 Hottest on Record: Study
Last year was one of the world's 10 hottest in records going back to the 19th century as concentrations of climate-changing greenhouses gases rose, a study showed. Four international agencies ...
Cost of Climate Change Hitting the World’s Biggest Companies, Threatening Supply Chains
Drought, hurricanes and rising seas are becoming more significant threats to the world's biggest companies and the risk is accelerating, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Companies planning ...