After the announcement of President Biden’s heat initiative, The Conversation revisits stories on high summer temperatures and human health.
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Heat endurance specialists have warned for years that temperatures at Tokyo 2020 events would be extreme. Should future Summer Olympics become the Autumn Games?
In South Asia, days with both extreme heat and extreme pollution are expected to increase 175% by 2050. Separately, the health effects are bad; together they will likely be worse.
Flat-faced dogs had twice the odds of suffering heatstroke compared with a labrador retriever.
Veterinary hospitals report mortality rates of up to 63% in dogs with heatstroke.
You’re lucky – dogs can only sweat through their paws.
Irrespective of whether climate change contributed to the thunderstorm in Melbourne last week, we can be sure Australia’s climate projections herald new risks to health that cannot be ignored.
Heat stroke can be deadly. Luckily there’s a cheap, easy solution for adjusting to a hot climate – and it doesn’t involve dunking yourself in ice.
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