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As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent ...
As climate change warms average global temperatures, hailstones larger than pingpong or golf balls will become more frequent — likely worsening the weather hazard’s already billions of dollars in ...
Stacker compiled statistics about how people in Chicago feel about climate change using data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
A new report details how getting involved can make an impact — and how community-based strategies can significantly reduce ...
Environmental advocates, elected leaders and workers at the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at Federal Plaza ...
How development is making underground climate change worse. In cities worldwide, heat from buildings and underground transportation causes the ground to warm at an alarming rate, by as much as 2.5 ...
Other than climate-change deniers, no one is saying such things won’t happen eventually. Chicago and the entire country indisputably are getting warmer, especially over the past 20 years.
Experts predict climate change will make winter shorter and spring longer; both will be warmer in the Midwest. Longer springs are already having devastating effects on bee populations in Chicago.
Cities such as Chicago with access to bodies of fresh water are set to fare better with climate change and as a result will see migration increases, said Vasquez, the committee’s chair. “As we ...
Our goal is to level-set where we are today on climate change and to begin to explore actions we could take together. We'll then reconvene next spring in Chicago for a full-fledged summit.
Climate change, heat waves, and mortality projections for Chicago, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Aug. 21, 2009 Email: Donald Wuebbles, professor of atmospheric science at the University of ...