utomakers are using advanced glass coatings to keep vehicle cabins cool, alleviating the air-conditioning load as summer sweeps India, sending temperatures past 45°C in some cities. The push comes as vehicle sizes, glass surface areas and thermal loads grow with the shift toward larger vehicles such as SUVs and electric models requiring increased battery pack … Read more
Just days before the holiday began, five people were killed and 33 were injured after an intense tornado struck mega city Guangzhou and damaged over 100 factories. 02:17 Dozens killed in highway collapse in China’s rain-hit Guangdong province Dozens killed in highway collapse in China’s rain-hit Guangdong province Guangdong was battered by multiple natural disasters … Read more
SINGAPORE: Heavy rain has resulted in flash flood warnings in a number of locations across Singapore on Saturday (May 4). PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, issued mid-morning alerts asking people to avoid the junction of Wan Lee Road and Enterprise Road in the west of Singapore as well as Jalan Pokok Serunai off Upper East Coast … Read more
London — Climate change will cut the average income of people around the world by one-fifth by 2050, according to a new report published in the journal Nature by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. As many parts of the world experience extreme weather, the global impacts of a changing climate are set to … Read more
These occurrences were most frequent in April, May, June, and October, with May recording the highest number of high heat stress days (10 days), followed by October (eight days). In future projections, as highlighted in the V3 study, Singapore anticipates a significant increase in high heat stress days, with estimates of 75, 87, and 113 … Read more
