The Guardian • extreme heat
Issue #2095
HALF OF THE SKY
In a landmark victory for the working class, a group of Swiss women, united under the banner of KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz (Senior Women for Climate Protection)...
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Issue #2102
Heat wave emergency impacts animals in South East Asia
There is no single global index on what exactly a heat wave in South East Asia is. According to the India Meteorological Department, a heatwave...
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Issue #2109
The world’s poor suffer and die as 1.5ºC breached
Extreme weather events have had a tragic impact on the poor. This global killer affected nearly 6.3 billion people, 78 per cent of the world’s...
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Issue #2018
Listen to the science! State of the environment report
During the 2019-2020 bushfires thirty-three lives were lost, more than seven million hectares were burnt, more than 3,000 home destroyed. In the most recent floods,...
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Issue #2062
Climate crisis intensifies
On four consecutive days, the earth has reached its hottest day on record, culminating in a global average temperature of 17.23 degrees Celsius on 4th...
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Issue #2129
LA fires a warning of things to come
Global Climate Scientists have confirmed 2024 was the world’s hottest since records began, eclipsing the previous record set in 2023 and raising the alarm that...
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Issue #2180
GREEN NOTES
This year’s fire season in southern South America is affecting large parts of Argentinian Patagonia and Chile, along both sides of the Andes. Heat, drought,...
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Issue #2179
Australian health needs a heatwave plan
Union leaders have met with parliamentarians on Extreme Heat Awareness Day to demand a proactive national policy to address the accelerating heat crisis in Australia....
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Issue #2106
DINGO
This week’s target for intervention by US imperialism post-WW2 is Iran 1953: Prime Minister Mossadegh was overthrown in a joint US and British operation. Mossadegh...
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Issue #2176
Heatwaves: Silent killers
“Exposure to high heat is a major threat to human health. More people die in Australia from heatwaves than all other extreme weather events combined....
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Issue #2106
EDITORIAL
If you’re in Australia, you might be pretty cold just now, but you’ll be hearing a lot about heatwaves, some extreme examples have been making...
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Issue #2132
Extreme heat hits kids
Extreme heat, fuelled by the worsening climate crisis, is reshaping children’s lives in Australia, warns the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). As climate change brings more...
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Issue #2198
Heat waves coming here
The world is suffering from unprecedented temperatures as a record-breaking heat wave spreads across Europe, North America and into Asia, and Central America. The World...
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Issue #2149
EDITORIAL
PM Albanese has said, and made sure it’s reported, that he won’t do anything too radical in his second term in power. By being so...
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