Many heat-related health problems can be avoided by adopting a healthy, active lifestyle. But the younger generation is less active than previous generations, and therefore more vulnerable.
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Marginalised or minority groups seem to suffer the most from heat-related deaths and disease.
Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But Europe’s ordeal is yet another sign changes in Earth’s climate have already reached dangerous levels.
Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes and other weather phenomena, heat is a silent killer. The COVID-19 pandemic could make that worse.
Rising temperatures will not only hurt people in the future. Many are feeling the effects now. Those who work outdoors, those who have certain chronic conditions and the elderly are vulnerable.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
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Associate Researcher, African Climate & Development Initiative and Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Global Health and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor of Epidemiology and Data Science, Tufts University
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Assistant Professor, Aga Khan University
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Research Scientist, Brown University School of Public Health, Brown University
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Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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Professor, Aga Khan University Hospital
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Associate, Institute for Climate Change & Adaptation, University of Nairobi
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Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor in Meteorology and Climate, University of Leeds
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Research Fellow, University of Leeds
