Tag: Heat waves
Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
CACONDE, Brazil -- Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining...
How this one climate fix means a school nurse sees fewer students sick from the heat
When students would come to the nurse's office at Johnson Senior High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, complaining of headaches and feeling too...
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
PHOENIX -- Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn't have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington...
Booties. Indoor dog parks. And following the vet's orders. How to keep pets cool this summer
PHOENIX -- As much of the world swelters, it's not just people who need help with the dog days of summer. Pet owners...