One of Europe’s Hottest Cities Harnesses a 1,000-Year-Old Cooling Technique
Cities are the first line of defense in humanity’s battle against deadly heat. Bloomberg Green’s Hot Cities series looks at changes some of the world’s hottest cities are making to protect their people from extreme temperatures.
Arizona restricts construction around Phoenix as water supply wanes
Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of its largest city that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought worsened by the climate crisis
New Paper Links Climate Change to Shrinking Brain Size in Humans
A new study suggests a link between past climate changes and a drop in the size of the human brain – an adaptive response that emerges in an analysis of climate records and human remains over a 50,000-year period.