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Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Extreme weather reveals the fragility of people and places’
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Ana Raquel Nunes: ‘Extreme weather reveals the fragility of people and places’

Places that used to experience infrequent heatwaves, or no heatwaves at all, are, due to climate change, seeing extreme temperatures more and more – and that could increase rapidly.

Indoor carbon dioxide levels could be a health hazard, scientists warn
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Indoor carbon dioxide levels could be a health hazard, scientists warn

Indoor levels of carbon dioxide could be clouding our thinking and may even pose a wider danger to human health, researchers say.

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Europe at risk from spread of tropical insect-borne diseases
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Europe at risk from spread of tropical insect-borne diseases

Insect-borne diseases such as dengue fever, leishmaniasis and encephalitis are on the rise and are now threatening to spread into many areas of Europe, scientists have warned.

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Racing to save Florida’s coral from climate change, scientists turn to a once-unthinkable strategy: ‘Assisted evolution’
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Racing to save Florida’s coral from climate change, scientists turn to a once-unthinkable strategy: ‘Assisted evolution’

Climate change is bringing coral reefs in the Florida Keys and around the world to the brink of extermination. Can science save them? A mass effort is underway, raising questions about how much intervention is appropriate and how much it can actually help.
Puerto Rico struggles to assess hurricane’s health effects
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Puerto Rico struggles to assess hurricane’s health effects

While dealing with their own losses, public-health researchers are regrouping to study the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
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