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Half The World Exposed To Deadly Heat This Year During Earth's Hottest Recorded Season - Health Policy Watch

Half The World Exposed To Deadly Heat This Year During Earth's Hottest Recorded Season - Health Policy Watch

The average person experienced 17 extra days of risky heat because of climate change during this period. Risky heat days are when temperatures are hotter than

Nearly 4.1 billion people, roughly half the planet’s population, experienced unusually hot temperatures between June and August, in what was Earth’s hottest season on record.

Climate change made these high temperatures three times more likely, according to the latest report by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit of scientists and science communicators that conducts research on climate change...

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