A lot of the talk at the global climate conference is about the Earth’s average temperature. You might not notice when it goes up, but new global data shows how the warming climate is exposing more people to extreme heat.
World leaders have committed to limiting Earth's rising temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times.It's difficult to convey, because we regularly experience greater temperature changes throughout the day.
can create a host of health problems, including rashes, cramps and heat stroke. Hot air is not the only risk factor for it. Other factors include humidity, wind speed and the amount of shade., which takes into consideration temperature and humidity to suggest what it feels like in the shade on a hot day. But even the heat index doesn’t tell you what it’s like to be working in the full sun on an extremely hot windless day.
To better understand where humans are most at risk from heat stress, Columbia University’s climate school recently published a global dataset with estimates of both population and wet-bulb globe temperature. The dataset spans 33 years, from 1983 to 2016. The Associated Press analyzed the data and found that exposure to extreme heat has tripled and now affects about a quarter of the world's population.
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