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Why the Middle East may be too hot to live in by the end of the century

Experts say that temperature alone isn’t an adequate measure of the livability of a city – a combination of heat and humidity is. And that’s why the Middle East is far less livable than Europe even at the same temperatures.

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Climate change turned Venus into a hellscape. Is Earth next?

Some scientists suspect Venus was once much like Earth, with a liquid water ocean like the ones that support life on our planet. So what happened?

The problem with Vienna's lofty livability ranking

The problem with Vienna's lofty livability ranking

A new report questions the methods used by the Economist Intelligence Unit to rank global cities, saying that environmental justice issues can get ignored.
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Forget colonizing Mars. We can all move to Russia when the world heats up
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Forget colonizing Mars. We can all move to Russia when the world heats up

A new study finds that Siberia will be much more hospitable to human life under global warming.
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