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Before buying a home, check this hidden financial risk

Sat, 10/19/2024 - 06:23

houses in a line on a sandy beach and in the water on stilts aerial view from above — Houses in a small beach resort in southeast St. Johns County, Florida.
Aerial_Views/ Getty Images

Science, real-estate, Houses, Homeownership, climate-crisis, zillow, Floods

A heat stroke ended this pro-athlete's career and 8 years later she's still feeling its effects

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 18:02

Tech Insider : Sports

Amy Stell in a black suit jacket and peach shirt in front of a green-lit background — Amy Steel's netball career ended in 2016 after a heat-related illness.
Lewis Blaustein/EcoAthletes

health, Science, heat-stroke, extreme-heat, netball, Sports

I ran over 100 miles through Death Valley in record heat after recovering from chemo — here's what it was like

Thu, 08/22/2024 - 14:43

Tech Insider : Travel

zahab — Ray Zahab (right) achieves what many would consider unthinkable. Here he is standing in Death Valley when it's 123 degrees Fahrenheit.
Kent Keeler

Travel, death-valley, extreme-heat, heat-wave, climate-change, as-told-to

Airport, farm, and fast-food workers rally for better heat protections

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 07:00

A plane takes off from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport during extreme heat. — A plane takes off from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on June 05, 2024.
Justin Sullivan

Sustainability, Airports, fast-food, extreme-heat, climate-crisis, Farms, labor

As the heat goes up this summer, so do cooling costs

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:37

Tech Insider : Economy

A man wipes his brow as he walks under misters, on July 13, 2023, in downtown Phoenix. — A man wipes his brow as he walks under misters, on July 13, 2023, in downtown Phoenix.
Matt York/AP

economy, Sustainability, extreme-heat, energy-bills, your-wallet-on-the-climate-crisis, air-conditioning

Climate change and extreme heat will drive inflation higher, study says

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 12:34

Tech Insider : Economy

climate change — Industrial factory chimney emitting smoke and gas pollution into the atmosphere.
Stock Photo/Getty Images

economy, Markets, mi-exclusive, climate-change, global-warming, extreme-heat, Inflation

What it would take to survive on Dune's planet Arrakis, according to 3 experts

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 15:57

Timothée Chalamet in a cloak — Covering yourself is important to survive the sun-baked planet of Arrakis.
Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros.

Entertainment, Science, dune-part-2, arrakis, desert, extreme-heat, water-scarcity

The family of a Mississippi high school football player who died after being forced to practice in 103-degree heat is now suing the school district

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:28

Fifty yard line marker on a high school football field. — A Jersey Shore High School football player died after collapsing on the field during 103-degree heat.
John Coletti/Getty Images

Law, Education, Mississippi, school, extreme-heat, lawsuit, Court

Europe is almost out of local olive oil supplies as extreme weather takes a toll on harvests

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 14:37

Spain produces roughly half of the world’s olive oil. — Spain produces roughly half of the world’s olive oil.
Insider

Markets, mi-exclusive, olive-oil, Shortage, extreme-heat, Oil, Europe

The last 3 months were the hottest on record. Was summer 2023 just the beginning?

Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:01

Serbia's Novak Djokovic cooled off during a break at the US Open tennis tournament. — This year's US Open has been a hot one. Serbia's Novak Djokovic cooled off during a break this week.
John Minchillo/Associated Press

Science, Sustainability, extreme-heat, climate-crisis, hurricane-idalia, maui-wildfire, home-insurance

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