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Is climate change changing the taste of cheese?

High-yielding cows generate lots of metabolic heat that they find difficult to dissipate when air temperature and humidity rise together. The result is an effect on a much-loved food

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Experts stress the need to abandon traditional methods of forest management in exchange for sustainable management and an integrated early warning system in Algeria.

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In Algeria, devastating spate of wildfires prompts calls for better preparedness

Experts stress the need to abandon traditional methods of forest management in exchange for sustainable management and an integrated early warning system

Rabia Khreis 30 July 2023

Wild fires engulf the fields near the settlement of Pournari, in the area of Magoula, some 25km southwest of the Greek capital Athens on July 18, 2023.

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Hell on Earth: How sizzling temperatures are reviving Europeans’ knowledge of the classics

If the point of naming storms is to deter people from venturing out, then the name Mildred is unlikely to work. A heatwave called Cerberus, on the other hand, is more frightening.

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Cerberus heatwave cooks Europe

Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C in the coming days, potentially reaching "the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe"

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The sun rises above the London skyline, as a second heatwave is predicted for parts of the country, in London, Britain, August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

England's Heatwaves See Highest Ever Excess Deaths Among Elderly

England saw the highest excess mortality figure from heatwaves this year since records began in 2004, health officials said on Friday, after a hot summer that saw temperatures rise to all-time highs…

07 October 2022

Palestinian girl eats ice cream in Kathem ice cream shop, as heat and lengthy power cuts melt ice cream shops' profits, in Gaza City August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Arafat Barbakh

Power Cuts Melt Gaza's Ice Cream Stocks as Heatwave Boosts Demand

Lengthy power cuts in the Gaza Strip have melted stocks of ice cream, forcing shops to stop selling it just when a heatwave has boosted demand. With summer temperatures hitting 34 degrees Celsius …

28 August 2022

Homes Aren’t Designed to Withstand Brutal Heatwaves—But They Could Be

Buildings are designed to keep people safe and comfortable according to the local climate: warm when it’s cold outside, dry when it’s wet, and sheltered when it’s stormy. If the climate changes,…

Ran Boydell 14 August 2022

The grass at Parsons Green is seen dried and brown due to the recent hot weather in London, Britain, July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Yann Tessier

Heatwave Scorches Europe; Health Warnings Issued

Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the…

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