Impacts Photo by Joe Holland on Unsplash Extreme heat will change us Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. The New York Times measured the daily toll it is already taking.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Scorching temperatures bake Middle East amid Eid al-Adha celebrations Record high temperatures were recorded in Baghdad and Damascus, and experts warned of the effects of prolonged heat waves as the planet warms.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Southern Iraq’s toxic twilight Iraq is the rare country that imports gas but also burns natural gas from oil wells into the air. The wasted gas is enough to power 3 million homes. Burning it is making people sick.
