Current：Home > ContactHeat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans -Infinite Edge Learning
Heat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans
View
Date：2025-04-11 14:37:53
Heat—it's common in summer in much of the world, but it's getting increasingly more lethal as climate change causes more extreme heat. NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer talks with Short Wave's Regina G. Barber about how human bodies cope with extended extreme heat and how current information on how hot it feels need updating.
Follow Short Wave on Twitter @NPRShortWave. Or email us — we're at [email protected].
This story was edited and fact-checked by Gisele Grayson, and produced by Rebecca Ramirez. Robert Rodriguez was the audio engineer.
veryGood！ (4143)
Related
- The city of Chicago is ordered to pay nearly $80M for a police chase that killed a 10
- Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
- Tesla issues 2 recalls of its Cybertruck, bringing total number to 4
- Chase Briscoe to take over Martin Truex Jr. car at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025 NASCAR season
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- 5 potential Brandon Aiyuk landing spots if 49ers, WR can't reach a deal
- Supporters of a proposed voter ID amendment in Nevada turn in thousands of signatures for review
- Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Why Argentina's Copa America win vs. Chile might be a bummer for Lionel Messi fans
Ranking
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- 'The Bear' Season 3: New release date, time, cast, trailer, where to watch
- Kevin Federline Shares Update on Britney Spears’ “Reconciliation” With Sons Sean and Jayden
- No evidence new COVID variant LB.1 causes more severe disease, CDC says
- In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see
- Midwest flooding devastation comes into focus as flood warnings are extended in other areas
- Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
- Judge alters Trump’s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction
Recommendation
Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
16 Nobel Prize-winning economists warn that Trump's economic plans could reignite inflation
Detroit is banning gas stations from locking customers inside, a year after a fatal shooting
Supporters of a proposed voter ID amendment in Nevada turn in thousands of signatures for review
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Kansas official hopeful that fire crews can control a blaze at a recycling center
Star witness in Holly Bobo murder trial gets 19 years in federal prison in unrelated case
Tennessee turns over probe into failed Graceland sale to federal authorities, report says