Thai authorities issue extreme heat warnings for dozens of provinces
Bangkok Reuters Thai authorities on Saturday warned residents across large swathes of country, including the capital Bangkok, to avoid going outdoors due to extreme heat. Parts of Asia are reporting extreme heat this month, with record-breaking temperatures seen in some countries. In Bangladesh and parts of India, extreme heat is leading to surge in power demand, […]
Pakistan: In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change
CHARLOTTE GREENFIELD and GLORIA DICKIE, of Reuters, report from Jacobabad…
“Life or death”: Baking US cities legislate for air conditioning
CAREY L BIRON, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are moving to response to extreme heat…
Essay: Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common – which can’t be a good thing for global health
In an article first published on The Conversation, YANGYANG XU and XIAOHUI XU, of Texas A&M University, say the frequency of days of extreme heat and pollution – and the number of people affected by them – could “massively increase” in the next 30 years…
Life-threatening extreme heat set to trap millions indoors by 2060
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Extreme heat and humidity are increasing across the globe, threatening millions of lives and economies in places where it could become fatal to work outdoors, scientists said on Friday. Parts of Australia, India, Bangladesh, the Persian Gulf, China, Mexico and the United States have experienced hundreds of previously rare incidents of […]