Lethal heat combined with humidity proved deadly. Our new research published in Nature Climate Change shows the upper limits of human heat tolerance were breached for a total of 43 hours over the six ...

USDA–Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists as well as private breeders across the Cotton Belt are developing cotton lines that have higher levels of tolerance to heat stress.

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The development has been revealed just months after Australia saw its third mass bleaching event in five years, amid record-high ocean temperatures at the Great Barrier Reef, as The Guardian ...

Animals and humans develop a certain tolerance to prolonged heat: the body adjusts to release heat instead of generating it, and the metabolism and cardiovascular system adapt. Researchers at the ...

Plant types used in the experiment Due to limitations of the heat tolerance germplasm in Thailand, our breeding team screened for rice germplasm from 10000 Jao Hom Nin mutant rice plants that can ...

Our new research shows the upper limits of human heat tolerance were breached for a total of 43 hours over the six days of Hajj. During these periods, heat and humidity passed beyond the point at ...

In response, researchers have developed a lab-grown strain of microalgae which is more tolerant to heat. When injected back into the coral, the algae can handle warmer water better. The ...

But heat-tolerant cultivars are less likely to be damaged and may offer a lifeline. According to Niigata prefectural officials, the heat-tolerant “Shinnosuke” variety developed by the ...