Weather
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Climate Change
Should doctors and nurses discuss the dangers of heat?
![Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/31/Depositphotos_13253612_L-1.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Why machines don’t work as well in extreme heat
![A vehicle drives through a flooded street as Tropical Storm Hilary moves through the area on August 20, 2023 in Cathedral City, California. A wave of water pushes onto the street and palm trees shake in the wind.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/21/tropical-storm-hilary-california.jpg?w=800)
Environment
Tropical Storm Hilary soaks the Southwest
![Metal mesh with water droplets](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/17/Uncoated-mesh_credit_ETH-Zurich_Ritwick-Ghosh.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Titanium dioxide-coated mesh can purify contaminated fog
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Climate Change
Extreme heat could be a threat to contraception
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Engineering
Inside Delta’s in-house meteorology wing
![Maxar satellite imagery on August 9, 2023 showing total destruction of the Lahaina square and outlets after the Lahaina Wildfire, with one building still actively burning.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/10/satellite-maui-wildfire.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Hurricane-powered wildfires sweep across Maui
![Two penguins and a seal on the Antarctic Peninsula.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/08/antarctica-sea-ice-loss-study.png?w=800)
Climate Change
Antarctica is in the climate change crosshairs
![Smoke rises as teams try to extinguish wildfires on Rhodes island, Greece on July 25, 2023. Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day, authorities said on Sunday. As many as 266 firefighters and 49 fire engines were on the ground battling the blazes, assisted by five helicopters and 10 airplanes.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/31/greece-wildfires-heat-wave.jpg?w=799)
Climate Change
July 2023 was likely the hottest month in 120,000 years
![Beach-goers seeking relief from the heat at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach California, on July 1, 2023.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/05/beach-heatwave-california.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
July 3 may have marked the hottest day ever recorded
![Extreme heat to blanket Texas with ‘no end in sight’](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/22/My-project-2023-06-22T115750.931.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Extreme heat to blanket Texas with ‘no end in sight’
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Climate Change
This very sweaty robot measures how heat affects humans
![The Downtown Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York, and Western New York.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/07/ManhattanWildfireSmokeJune2023.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Wildfire smoke is choking the eastern United States
![Visible satellite image of Super Typhoon Mawar on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. At the time, Mawar had sustained 1-minute winds of 155 mph.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/25/TyphoonMawarSatellite.png?w=800)
Climate Change
Guam hit by strongest ‘Super Typhoon’ in decades
![El Nino 2023 signs on NASA weather satellite data on higher Pacific Ocean temperatures and water levels, marked by red around the equator](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/19/el-nino-2023-weather-satellite.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
El Niño is back—here’s what that means
![Sun setting behind an high voltage power line transformer](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/18/Depositphotos_185385296_L.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
This summer could push US energy grids to their limits
![Climate change forces cities to rethink planting trees](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/21/My-project-2023-04-21T141129.169.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change
Climate change forces cities to rethink planting trees
![What happens when a tree dies?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/My-project-2023-04-14T134450.455.jpg?w=800)
Biology
What happens when a tree dies?
![Satellite image of the powerful eruption.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/Screen-Shot-2023-04-14-at-11.03.44-AM.png?w=705)
Engineering
How the Tonga eruption rang Earth ‘like a bell’
![Planes sit at their gates after the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was closed due to the runways being flooded on April 13, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The heavy rain caused flooding as the region recorded rainfall totals of more than a foot.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/14/FloridaAirportFlood.jpg?w=800)
Climate Change