Unicef warns of “disproportionate impact” of heat waves on children and urges governments to act
Half of children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to increasingly longer, more intense and more frequent ...
Tag: heat waves
Aemet decrees the arrival of the second heat wave of the summer on Tuesday
After last week's mild heat wave and the fall in temperatures during Saturday and Sunday in much of the territory, ...
“We didn’t cause the climate problem, why do we have to borrow to solve it?”
Saber Hossain Chowdhury (62 years old) took over the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Bangladesh last January, a ...
Why we sleep worse in the heat and what we can do to remedy it
It is becoming more difficult to sleep every summer. The number of hot nights, when the ambient temperature does not ...
Phoenix investigates more than 300 deaths from extreme summer heat
Phoenix has seen temperatures rise like never before this year, with temperature records broken several times since early June. But ...
Spain will experience its first episode of truly intense heat this summer starting on Wednesday
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued this Monday your first news note so far this summer to warn of ...
The heat gives no respite and kills at least 28 people in a week
The heat is scorching across much of the United States this week, especially on the West Coast, where temperatures have ...
Scientists reveal simple and effective mechanism to combat heat
Repainting roofs and structures white, a technique that has been tried in many cities, is often presented as an effective ...
Heatwaves and wildfires expected to continue in Europe
New York (agencies) Temperatures are expected to soar in Europe next month, boding poorly for a major respite from heat ...
A hot summer sparks fires in Turkey and Greece and kills dozens in Mexico
Capitals (agencies) With the beginning of the summer month in the Northern Hemisphere, heat waves increase, and the frequency of ...