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India orders school water bells to beat heat

India orders school water bells to beat heat

Schools in India's capital must ring regular bells to remind schoolchildren to drink water as the megacity gears up to face heatwave conditions, a new city order has said. Summer heat in the world's most populous nation can be brutal -- putting millions of people at risk,

Lance Craighead: Montana Climate Matters — impacts on wildlife in the Treasure State

Ecologists understand that each species occupies a “niche” in the environment where the right living conditions (defined by temperature and moisture), resources (including food, water, and shelter), and lack of competition from other species allow populations to survive and reproduce. Plants grow where conditions are right, and animals depend upon

Key Atlantic current could weaken more than expected: study

Key Atlantic current could weaken more than expected: study

A key Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate the planet's climate could weaken more than expected by 2100, with potentially devastating consequences worldwide, a new study has found. Known as Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), this conveyor belt of currents plays a crucial role in redistributing heat

'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

Blistering temperatures rising to 40C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot" or "kokusho-bi" in Japan, the weather agency said Friday, as heatwave days become increasingly frequent in the region. By using this designation, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) "will more effectively call

Yellowstone delays April 17 road openings after winter storm

Yellowstone delays April 17 road openings after winter storm

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — Several entrances and road sections that are set to open at 8 a.m. Friday, April 17 are delayed until noon because of a major winter storm, Yellowstone National Park announced in a release. Road sections expected to open at noon April 17 are the West

Global warming causes Colombian glacier to disappear

Global warming causes Colombian glacier to disappear

Where once there was ice, only rock remains. One of the glaciers in a chain of snow-capped mountains in the Colombian Andes has vanished due to high temperatures driven by climate change. Satellite images show how the ice sheet covering the mountain gradually shrank from 2015 until it disappeared

High and dry: Snowpack hits record-low levels across Montana

As of early April, when snowpack-monitoring stations in Montana are typically peaking, one-third of the longer-standing sites are posting record-low totals. That’s according to the April Water Supply Outlook the Natural Resources Conservation Service released on Tuesday, which highlighted that some low-elevation snowpack monitoring