Days with both extreme heat and extreme air pollution are becoming more common – which can't be a good thing for global health
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.
Xiaohui Xu, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
• conversation
June 25, 2020 • ~7 min
June 25, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: health climate-change pollution asthma models air-pollution heat india temperature lung-disease heatwave air-quality south-asia heatstroke
Heatwaves can kill – research uncovers the homes most vulnerable to overheating
Poverty and inequality affect the likelihood of your home overheating during heatwaves.
Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester
• conversation
June 1, 2020 • ~8 min
June 1, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: climate-change global-warming heat-wave housing homes heatwave urban-heat-island overheating
The age of stability is over, and coronavirus is just the beginning
The pandemic has exposed how vulnerable we are to unexpected climate shocks.
Wolfgang Knorr, Senior Research Scientist, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University
• conversation
April 16, 2020 • ~5 min
April 16, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: climate-change coronavirus anthropocene wildfire locusts heatwave desert-locust
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