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Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem

A new study has linked the deadliest type of disaster — heat waves — directly to major fossil fuel companies and their ...
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Female-specific mechanism enhances heat production in brown fat

Higher activity of PGC-1α enables brown fat cells in females to thermogenic activity and energy expenditure compared to males ...
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How much have fossil-fuel giants contributed to heat waves such as B.C.’s heat dome?

Planet-warming emissions from a group of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers have significantly ramped up the intensity ...
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Too Hot to Handle: Excessive Heat is Disrupting Ultimate Competitions

Heat alterations, cancellations continue to impact summer club ultimate. Each summer, the USA Ultimate adult club season runs ...

Ontario needs to track heat-related deaths, ensure AC in schools, say civil society groups

A network of Ontario civil society groups is calling on the province to develop an extreme-heat awareness program to better address the dangers of sweltering temperatures.
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'We are in a heat crisis': Province should track deaths, ensure school AC, group says

TORONTO — Extreme heat is endangering students, workers, renters and some of Ontario's most vulnerable residents, a network of civil society groups said Monday as they urged the province to better ...