Browsing: Heat
McKinsey Global Institute: Climate planning has prioritized floods. Heat demands equal attention
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere has gotten off to a very hot start. Europe has baked under record-breaking temperatures, while…
There’s a reason why a 90F day in New York can feel more exhausting than a 100F day in Arizona.…
This summer’s heat is a live stress test for data centers — here’s what it’s revealing in real time
This summer has already produced three answers to questions the data center industry would have preferred to leave theoretical. In…
Are Europe’s heat waves deadlier than US gun violence? Kind of, and this year’s making it worse
You’ve probably seen it by now. A chart, passed around on social media with the kind of grim satisfaction that…
The hottest day in French history was so bad the Louvre and Eiffel Tower had to close early
France recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday as an early heat wave gripped Europe, prompting the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre…
Cocoa production is becoming increasingly volatile, even as the chocolate industry attempts to be more sustainable. Droughts, unseasonal rains and…
Meet the startups installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the grid
Amidst the anxiety and disdain for data center growth, startups see an opportunity by designing mini data centers to install…
Earlier this month, a balloon coated in aluminum foil—the kind normally seen at a child’s birthday party—drifted into the path…
It’s not just SNAP, the government shutdown also threatens home heating aid for millions of low-income families
Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She…
It’s so hot in the western U.S. that some people are ‘wobbling’ and collapsing to the ground as they walk outside
Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels…












