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Cold-Weather Accounts for Almost All Temperature-Related Deaths
With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global warming, it is no surprise that there has been an upward trend in hospital visits and admissions for injuries caused by high heat over the last several years.
Desert Greenhouses Offer Growth Opportunities
Emerging technologies can be harnessed to use the strengths of hot, humid coastal deserts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to grow food and other crops.
Concordia Student Maps Global Primate Habitat Endangered By Climate Change
The list of man-made threats facing the world’s non-human primates is depressingly long.
Air Pollution Drives Residential Electricity Demand
A study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from NUS Economics revealed that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are co-produced in supplying the electricity.
The Historical Partnership That Revolutionized Battery Research At Argonne
Researchers around the world are on the hunt to find cheaper, better lithium-ion battery materials to power large scale machines, such as electric vehicles.