Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in
SEATTLE Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan, affecting about one billion people, is “testing the limits of human survivability”, warns Chandni Singh, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment
Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heat waves kill thousands of people worldwide every year.
At this very moment, an extreme heat wave in India and Pakistan, affecting about 1 billion people, is “testing the limits of human survivability,” warned Chandni Singh, a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report.
In April, the average maximum temperature for northwest and central India was the highest in 122 years.
This is not just a South Asian problem. In the past few years, similarly extreme conditions occurred in the US, Australia, Europe, Scandinavia and Japan, resulting in thousands
SEATTLE Although nearly all heat-related deaths are preventable, heatwaves kill thousands of people worldwide every year. At this very moment, an extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan, affecting about one billion people, is “testing the limits of human survivability”, warns Chandni Singh, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment