Share on Pinterest Research shows an increased risk of cardiovascular-related deaths due to climate change and particulate matter air pollution. Image credit: Amos Chapple/Stocksy. A new study ...

New research has estimated that 1454 avoidable deaths (one person every five days) occurred in Australian capital cities in the past 20 years because of fine particle air pollution from extreme events ...

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsled and skeleton break highway speed limits.

Philadelphia endured its first heat warning of the summer last week, with temperatures reaching the upper 90s and the heat index making it feel even hotter. Earlier this summer, smoke from the ...

BUILDINGS DON’T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. 26 OF THE EARLY START SCHOOLS ARE IN SESSION. AND ACCORDING TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, NONE OF THEM HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. IT’S WHY SHE’S PUSHING FOR CHANGE. I ...

With the new school year underway, high temperatures have led to schools either closing or dismissing early in at least nine states this week. That’s raised questions about old overheated buildings, ...