Why heatwaves are a silent killer
Record-breaking temperatures are not just statistics: they're a global health emergency. Here's what individuals can do to better protect themselves.
Heat is no longer a future climate risk. It is already here.
Across continents, high temperatures are being pushed higher by forces acting at once: human-caused warming, very warm oceans, dry soils, slow-moving high-pressure weather systems and El Niño conditions that have now developed in the tropical Pacific.
El Niño is a natural warming of part of the tropical Pacific that can shift weather patterns around the world. It is not the cause of climate change, but when it develops in a climate already warmed by greenhouse gas pollution, it can add another push to global temperatures and regional extremes.
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