Higher Temperatures Linked to Increased Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk 🌡️😴
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EurekAlert!
Climate change increases severity of obstructive sleep apnea
Rising temperatures increase the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a large new study published at the ATS 2025 International Conference. The study also found that, under the most likely climate change scenarios, the societal burden of…
Insect protein could be 5.7 to 13.5 times worse for climate than soy, even when the insects are fed food waste 🌱🐜🌍
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Feed & Additive Magazine
New Report: Insect protein could be 13.5 times worse for climate than soy
In July 2023, the UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) commissioned Ricardo’s sustainability team to provide an independent, scientifically robust LCA report exploring how, from an emissions reduction point of view, the…
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Wind-related hurricane losses for homeowners in the southeastern U.S. could be nearly 76 percent higher by 2060. 🌀 Over the last decade, these states have been hit hard by destructive storms like Hurricane Helene (2024). 🌪️ Helene’s estimated total costs were $78.7 billion. 💰
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Society for Risk Analysis
WIND-RELATED HURRICANE LOSSES FOR HOMEOWNERS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COULD BE NEARLY 76 PERCENT HIGHER BY 2060 - Society for Risk…
Embargoed for Release Until May 21, 2025 For inquiries please contact Natalie Judd or Emma Scott New research finds that homeowners in Texas are predicted to be the hardest hit — along with those in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama Herndon, VA, May…
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Research found that children whose mothers lived through Superstorm Sandy 🌪️ had distinct brain differences 🧠 that could hinder their emotional development. The effects were even more dramatic when people were exposed to extreme heat ☀️ during their pregnancy, in addition to the tropical storm.
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Queries made to some AI models generate up to 50 times more carbon emissions than others 🌍💨. Questions requiring complex reasoning, like abstract algebra or philosophy, led to up to 6 times higher emissions 📚🤔. Training ChatGPT used up to 30 times more energy than the average American uses in a year ⚡🇺🇸.
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Gizmodo
Why Some AI Models Spew 50 Times More Greenhouse Gas to Answer the Same Question
It's possible for you to make your LLM use "greener," according to new research.
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Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists 🌫️🧠. Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions 🚗 and woodburning stoves 🔥. For every 10 micrograms per cubic metre of PM2.5, relative risk of dementia increases by 17% 📈. For soot, the risk rose by 13% 📊.
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the Guardian
Air pollution raises risk of dementia, say Cambridge scientists
Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves
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Rising heat ☀️ is causing students 📚 to underperform 😓 across the globe 🌍.
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Los Angeles Times
Rising heat is causing students to underperform across the globe
A new study, which reviewed dozens of published articles from around the world, found that cumulative heat exposure has negative consequences for students' cognitive outcomes.
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A global study finds that cardiovascular hospitalisations rise for months after tropical cyclones 🌪️, especially strokes 🧠 and heart attacks ❤️ in poorer, working-age men.
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Science Advances
Hospitalization risk and burden for cause-specific cardiovascular diseases following tropical cyclones: A multicountry study
Cyclones could cause prolonged CVD risks, highlighting the notable yet overlooked indirect health impacts of these extreme events.
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Deep gashes are tearing through cities, swallowing houses 🏚️ and displacing vast numbers of people. Research found about 118,600 people, on average, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone were displaced between 2004 and 2023 🌍.
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Nature
Deep gashes in the earth are slicing up cities, swallowing houses and displacing vast numbers of people
Nature - Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of displacement from expanding ‘gullies’ in cities across Africa.
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Stemflow carries canopy fungi 🍄 and microbes 🌱 to the forest floor, giving scientists 🔬 a new tool to monitor treetop biodiversity 🌳 and climate impacts 🌍 from the ground.
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ResearchGate
(PDF) Community Composition of Microbial Eukaryotes Transported by Stemflow from Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (American Beech) Trees…
PDF | Stemflow, the concentrated fraction of rainfall that drains down tree trunks, can translocate canopy biota to the forest floor, but its eukaryotic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Volcanic eruption 🌋 led to the Black Death ☠️, new research suggests 📚.
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CNN
Volcanic eruption led to the Black Death, new research suggests
New data suggests an eruption cooled Europe, disrupted harvests and pushed Italian states into grain trades that may have begun one of history’s deadliest pandemics.
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The 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave triggered "cascading" ecological disasters, killing 92% of mussels and 56% of sea ducks. While 75% of species suffered, some heat-resistant plants flourished, showing how extreme events reshape ecosystems in complex, unpredictable ways.
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Nature
Widespread ecological responses and cascading effects of the 2021 western North American heatwave
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Baum et al. present a synthesis of field data, remote-sensed data, media reports and process-based modelling analyses examining the effects of the 2021 heatwave in...
US police violence tended to be higher when average monthly temperatures exceeded 20.3°C (68.5°F). In areas with over 5 million people and with less than 50mm of precipitation, each additional 1°C increase in temperature was linked to 2% increase in the rate of deaths caused by police violence.
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PsyPost
High temperatures are linked to slightly increased rates of police violence
As global temperatures rise, a new study reveals an unexpected consequence. Researchers analyzing nationwide data found that average monthly temperatures above 68.5°F are associated with a slight but significant increase in fatal police encounters.
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Flood-affected homes in England lose value and are owned longer than comparable homes in unaffected areas, study of 27 million sales finds
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Nature
Flood-affected homes in England lose value and are owned longer than those in unaffected areas
Communications Earth & Environment - In England, homes hit by flooding lose 3 percent of their value immediately after flooding, rising to 10 percent after 15 years, and are owned longer than...
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The triple impact of climate change—elevated CO2, heat, and drought—will cause soybeans to produce 50% more beans but with lower nutritional quality, study finds. Predictive models reveal a 20% reduction in starch, a 6% drop in protein, and an unexpected 175% spike in amino acids.
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A 60%+ drop in insect abundance since the 1970s has left Canada's tree swallows smaller and producing fewer young, a new study finds. While climate change causes birds to miss the peak insect emergence by 3 days/decade, the plummeting prey volume means the reward for nesting early has vanished.
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EurekAlert!
Crashing insect populations have resulted in smaller tree swallows that reproduce less
The study shows that climate impacts cannot be fully understood without considering biodiversity loss.
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Replacing conventional egg production with 100% organic free-range systems could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 60%, nearly double land use, require more hens, and increase mortality while producing the same number of eggs, according to a UK modelling study.
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The Royal Society
The environmental cost of welfare-driven policy changes in UK egg production
Abstract. Public concern over animal welfare in intensive farming systems such as egg production is rising. Meeting future demand for eggs presents both we
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A 450 year catch record shows the fishery that once funded medieval Europe's salted fish trade collapsed from climate shifts, overfishing and economics together, not any one cause.
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Nature
An historic fishery collapse driven by socioeconomic and environmental factors
Nature Sustainability - The collapse of the western Baltic herring fishery by the year 1570 caused large disruptions. Using a time series of Baltic herring catches spanning 450 years, this...
A global review of 53 studies found Indigenous children are already experiencing climate-related health impacts, including malnutrition, infectious diseases, perinatal problems and poorer mental health, with particularly consistent effects on cultural and psychosocial well-being.
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SpringerLink
Global systematic review of how climate change degrades the wellbeing and health of Indigenous children
Globalization and Health - Climate change worsens global health, with Indigenous children among the most vulnerable. Despite increasing research on climate-related health impacts, Indigenous...
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Scientists found that indoor air contains significantly higher concentrations of microplastics than outdoor air, mostly shedding from our clothes and carpets. Outside, cloud formation is being altered by microplastics in the air.
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