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Opinion: Summer heat poses health risks for children

Opinion: Summer heat poses health risks for children

With Ontario's extreme heat warnings and wildfire smoke in the West, parents need to rethink when they let kids play outside this summer.

Denise Balkissoon writes for The Narwhal.

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The US power grid quietly survived record summer heat waves without outages

With little acknowledgment and no applause, the power grid across the continental United States this summer quietly pulled off what may have been its most impressive feat ever.

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Hot summers are staying

This summer has already been marked by record-high temperatures, with July 3 through July 6 being historically the hottest four days on record. However, this is just the beginning, according to experts, and temperatures will only get warmer from here.

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Hotter summers to fuel increase in skin cancers, doctors warn

Experts have said higher summer temperatures caused by the climate crisis will fuel an increase in cases of potentially deadly skin cancers such as melanoma.

Hot summer days mean more Sierra Nevada wildfires, study finds

Hot summer days mean more Sierra Nevada wildfires, study finds

The research adds to a growing body of work finding that climate change is increasing fire risk in California and elsewhere in the West.
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One thing you can do: Beat the heat efficiently
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One thing you can do: Beat the heat efficiently

How do you win the battle against summer heat in a sustainable way?

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