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Willamette Week: Climate Change and Gentrification Make East Portlands I-205 Corridor the Most At-Risk Area for Heat Extremes and Flooding
2019-04-17 20:25:32| PortlandOnline
News story posted to wweek.com April 17, 2019.
Taking work-life balance to the extremes
2019-01-25 01:11:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Marion and Alex tour the world with their son teaching and performing hair-raising acrobatic tricks.
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Weather extremes prompt early grape harvest in Champagne, Germany
2018-08-21 13:46:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Two wine trade bodies have announced exceptionally early harvests as they report long droughts and a wet winter.
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Globalised economy more susceptible to weather extremes, scientists warn
2016-06-12 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The globalisation of the world's economy this century has made it far more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather, including heat stress on workers, scientists said on Friday. A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University showed production losses caused by high temperatures, predicted to rise further with climate change, now spread more easily from one place to another as they ripple through global supply chains. In just a decade, the susceptibility...
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How fish adapt to warmer waters but not to extremes
2016-05-24 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Fish can adjust to warmer ocean temperatures, but heat waves can still kill them, a team of researchers from Sweden, Norway and Australia reports in an article published this week in Nature Communications. "A species might adapt and grow well (in warmer waters) but once you get strong heat spells, the water temperature might reach lethal temperatures and kill them," said Fredrik Jutfelt, an associate professor in biology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology who was senior author...