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Climate Change Means More Heat Waves Are Coming. For Now, Here's How To Cool It. Aug. 25, 2023
Hot days in August are nothing new to St. Louis, of course. But with the current heat wave baking th... Read More
A Few Hot St. Louis Days Don't Prove Climate Change. Centuries of Data Do. Jul. 28, 2023
Even with historic heat waves simmering here and around the world, it's important to acknowledge tha... Read More
The Hot Summer Is Melting History Jul. 26, 2023
Summer's scorching heat beats us over the head, taking history's wheel backward. A sad end to a sto... Read More
A Sobering Need To Fortify National Public Health Response Sep. 23, 2022
In response to a hot day in the past, people would often exaggeratedly refer to the heat that day as... Read More
Heat, Pollution and the Great Outdoors Sep. 16, 2022
The great outdoors. There is nothing quite like it, especially being among nature's greenery. It doe... Read More
Fighting off the Damaging Effects of Extreme Heat Jul. 29, 2022
As I relayed last week, Time magazine's Angela Haupt warned in a recent report that the wave of extr... Read More
Trees Can Help Beat the Heat Jul. 26, 2022
Sitting in the AC, I look out the window and smile as dogs being walked collapse under the shade of ... Read More
Will an Early Heat Wave Bring Debate of Permanent Daylight Saving Time to a Boil? Jul. 22, 2022
Back in March, you might recall the rare event of a U.S. Senate united in agreement — in this ... Read More
Are We Canceling Summer Again? Jul. 29, 2021
This is becoming another summer that didn't quite happen. It follows the bum summer of 2020, which w... Read More
The Effects of Extreme Heat, Persistent Pain and an Exercise Tip Aug. 30, 2019
The long hot summer of 2019 is at last drawing to a close, and we already know it's one for the reco... Read More
Magnolia Scale and Hot Tomatoes Jul. 31, 2019
Q: My magnolia tree has been taken over by flies and wasps. There are half-inch pink bumps on the br... Read More
Heat Waves and the Risks They Present Jul. 26, 2019
At this point in the summer, sunburn might be among the least of our concerns. A dangerous heat wave... Read More
In the Heat of Summer, How to Avoid Heat Illness -- or Else! Jul. 31, 2018
Where is Ekkapol Chantawong when we really need him? Say what? Ekkapol Chantawong is the man who tau... Read More
Heat Waves Are a Serious Health Threat Jun. 19, 2014
I often am required to attend horse shows with my wife and daughter. In midsummer, the temperatures ... Read More
