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A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.
Sweating it out can be beneficial for maintaining fitness and good mental health, but it’s not right for everyone.
Keeping warm in winter and cool in summer is down to more than the length of your hair.
The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.
Everything from ice rinks to crowded public places is a potential source of home heating.
Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone, has a chief heat officer, the first in Africa. She has her work cut out for her.
Draping a dry flannelette cloth over a stroller can increase the heat in the carriage by 3.7 degrees celsius.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
In 2015, 6,700 premature deaths were caused by urban heat – this can be reduced by a third by planting more trees.
Simply put, southern Africans are experiencing heat stress more often than in 1979.
Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that trip – and the 10,000-degree F heat once there would vaporize you anyway.
Soaring power bills add to people’s worries about keeping their homes cool, especially as their health can suffer if they don’t. Fortunately, there are effective and affordable ways to beat the heat.
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, researchers take a look at the impact of climate change on the future of soccer.
Green spaces have the potential to reduce heat and improve health, especially in urban areas.
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Heat 2, the literary sequel to Michael Mann’s classic cops-and-robbers film, is weird. Would it stand alone as a novel? Possibly not. But reading it is an incredibly pleasurable experience.
The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change. Wildfire smoke adds to the risk.
The tropics are projected to face almost daily dangerous heat by 2100. And “extremely dangerous” heat that’s almost unheard of today will occur more often in several regions.
Energy modeling software provides insight into whether letting your A/C relax while you’re gone all day will save you energy – and money.
Top contributors
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Honorary Associate Professor in Environmental Health, Australian National University
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Heat & Health; Director of Heat & Health Research Incubator; Director of Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Physiology, Kinesiology and Human Performance, Penn State
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Ph.D. Candidate in Exercise Physiology, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure
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Duncan Mitchell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Kinesiology, Penn State
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Geographer-climatologist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State
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Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning, University of Pennsylvania
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Environmental Physiology, University of Hull
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Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus, University of Washington