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Water is one of very few chemicals that is found as a liquid, solid and gas at any time on Earth. These three states of water help explain why ice makes a cracking sound when water is poured over it.
Australia’s scorching summers aren’t just inconvenient: heatwaves are deadly. Yet new research has found many vulnerable people don’t have a plan for extreme heat.
It seems obvious that a game should be suspended if it’s too hot to play, but it’s not as easy as implementing a maximum temperature.
Have you ever been told not to put metal in the microwave? Edie, age 8, wants to know why.
Cooling off this summer will be more expensive than ever, putting at risk the very young, the elderly and people with health conditions.
They provide more than warmth.
Greening cities have a huge impact. The trees go beyond just lowering temperatures. They help decrease the demand for indoor cooling like air-conditioners saving money.
Major airports around the world will see more frequent flight restrictions in the coming decades because of increasingly common hot temperatures.
Extreme heat divides people from the environment and from each other. So with the rapid densification of our cities, what kind of legacies are we building for future generations?
Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie told Q&A that heatwaves were ‘worsening’ in Australia and ‘hot days’ had doubled in the last 50 years. Let’s take a look at the evidence.
Schools need to have a formal policy in place for how to deal with heatwaves effectively and keep children cool and well.
Some people swear by cold showers to cope with a long, hot summer. Here’s why they’d be better off taking a warm one.
Our cities are getting hotter. Luckily, as a built environment, we can actually do something about it.
2016 is the third consecutive hottest year on record. How can we adapt?
Sprinters may be able to power through, but endurance athletes could suffer from hyperthermia and dehydration.
Autumn 2016 was Australia’s hottest, beating the previous record set in 2005.
Another month, another broken temperature record. Scientists are already confident 2016 will be the hottest year ever, a record only set in 2015.
Hot spots occur at the scale of where people live – the building, the street, the block – which means urban design and building materials have profound implications for our health and well-being.
How well does the ‘smart’ city respond to the devastating scale and impact of urban heat threats such as bushfires and heatwaves?
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Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physiology, Kinesiology and Human Performance, Penn State
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Kinesiology, Penn State
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Geographer-climatologist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Ph.D. Candidate in Exercise Physiology, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology, Mississippi State University
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Associate Professor, Design Studies, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
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Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University
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Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
