Children, senior citizens, pregnant women, those with pre-existing co morbidities, and people forced to work in the open are more vulnerable to the impact of heat. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Tamil Nadu government, last week, notified a heatwave as a State-specific disaster. This would entail providing relief to … Read more
Opening the windows at night and pulling down shades during the sunniest part of the afternoon can keep homes from becoming dangerously hot during extreme heat waves, according to a study conducted in the US. Researchers from the University of Oregon in the US employed simulations using weather data from a 2021 severe heat wave … Read more
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Image source, Getty Images Officials are warning that high temperatures in the coming days could affect people’s health. The UK Health Security Agency has issued a level three alert for southern England for Friday and Saturday. Forecasters expect temperatures to hit 28C (82F) on Wednesday in the Midlands and … Read more
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent, BBC News image copyrightGetty Images What impact does heat have on the body? Our body will strive to keep a core temperature of about 37.5C whether we’re in a snowstorm or a heatwave. It is the temperature our bodies have evolved to work at. But as the mercury rises, … Read more
Hundreds of cities have no climate adaptation plans in place despite rising threats like floods, heatwaves and pollution, according to a report Wednesday that said this could put 400 million people at risk across the world. Fast-expanding urban areas are home to more than half the population of the planet and are increasingly exposed to … Read more