Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’ NYT: Science By: Manuela Andreoni 17 June 2024 at 20:36 The labor and environmental groups are pushing the change so relief funds can be used in more situations. © Carlos Barria/ReutersConstruction in Phoenix last July. Labor groups and workers’ rights organizations hope to build up protections for the tens of millions of people working outside or without air-conditioning during heat waves.
Brazil’s Deadly Flooding Made Twice as Likely by Global Warming, Study Finds NYT: Science By: Raymond Zhong and Manuela Andreoni 3 June 2024 at 16:00 The country’s south received three months’ rain in two weeks. Global warming has made such deluges twice as likely as before, scientists said. © Anselmo Cunha/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA damaged refrigerator was used to ferry groceries last month after flooding in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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