Tag - heatwave

In Focus

Heat-related deaths among people older than 65 years up by 68%: report

November 1, 2022

The persistent heat exposure led to 470 billion potential labour hours lost globally in 2021, with potential income losses equivalent to 0·72 percent of the...

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Climate Change

Hotter summers, runaway contagions

September 5, 2022

It has been found that climate change can both facilitate zoonotic spillovers and have an effect on transmission chains Summer normally spawns its own set of...

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Climate Change

Heat waves impacted millions of people

June 9, 2022

Climate change made a severe rise in heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely, says a study by Extreme Event Attribution. Two people were killed on May...