Both extremely hot and very cold days take their toll on people who have heart disease, particularly those with heart failure. A new multinational analysis of 32 million heart-related deaths over the past 40 years found more occurred on days with severe temperatures, an issue that climate change could make even worse. Although the greatest […]
Above-ground power lines grow in risk as climate changes
Around the U.S., dealing with the vulnerability of overhead power lines – one of many problems that experts say will only get worse as the climate deteriorates WASHINGTON: Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires snap in blizzards and hurricanes, […]
