How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days
It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from
South India may see early, intense heatwaves thanks to El Nino and global warming
Early heat in southern part of country, even as the north reports colder than normal temperatures
COVID-19 seasonal, winter spread risk higher in temperate zones: WMO
Local and global positivity rates, presence of novel variants and local vaccination rates also important factors
Torpor: a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread
To enter torpor, an animal decreases its metabolism, reducing its energy requirements
Roasted North: Why record-shattering heatwaves are burning the northern hemisphere
The heatwaves in the northern hemisphere are now frequent, early, intense and last longer as seen in Siberia last year and North America this year
Does coronavirus spread more easily in cold temperatures? Here’s what we know
Unfortunately, we will only learn exactly how changes in the weather affect the pandemic by living through it
Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates — here’s why
Sites from settlements such as Boxgrove in West Sussex offer clues about how ancient hominins survived northern climates
July 2023 likely to be warmest month on record
World seeing unprecedented warming in more than 100,000 years, say experts