As Justin Mankin, Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, USA, notes “On the one hand, snow is simple — you heat it up, it melts”. Full article
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Climate science tells us that in the future, combinations of heat and humidity could be so extreme that the evaporation of human sweat may not sufficiently cool our bodies.
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In 1996, the Northeastern U.S saw a sudden increase in the number of "extreme precipitation" events. And ever since then, that number has stayed elevated. Full story
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Illnesses carried by ticks and mosquitos are on the rise. Listen to NHPR discussion
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Using a score, Garret Dash Nelson, named after the inventor of gerrymandering, discovers a huge variation in how well congressional districts match up with commuter regions consisting of interconnected urban, suburban, and rural areas.
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