scientists from the space agency USA (POT) They confirmed this Monday that July was the hottest month since global measurements have been taken and warned that 2024 will be an even warmer year than 2023. “What we are seeing here is anomalous and above the expected trend (…) We anticipate that 2023 will not only […]
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The Heatwave: How Much Heat Can Humans Bear?
Given the records of temperature throughout the world it is imperative to anticipate the limits of heat and moisture that the human body can withstand. The international scientific term to measure this resistance capacity is the “wet bulb and globe temperature (TGBH)” (“Wet Bulb Globe Temperature” – WBGT in English), which combines the calculation of […]
Spain suffers the peak of the heat wave, fires give Portugal respite
With possible heat records in Spain and thousands of hectares burned in Portugalthe Iberian Peninsula, on the front line of the global warming in Europe, is on alert this Wednesday. This heat wave, the third of the summer, will reach its peak in Spain on Wednesday, with temperatures reaching 44ºC in some places, according to […]
In Phoenix, heat wave further exposes gap between rich and poor
Melanie Floyd took her children to the Phoenix Zoo in the morning, when temperatures in the middle of the heat wave that suffocates the city and much of the southwest of USAThey are still bearable. Standing in front of some turtles, he downplayed the intense heat in a world struggling with climate change. “As long […]
Greece: tens of thousands evacuated from island in full heatwave
About 30,000 people were evacuated from the greek island of rhodes because of a Forest fire out of control for five days, in a region among the most affected by the heat wave that overwhelms much of the North Hemisphere. The greek authorities They reported on Saturday that more than 2,000 people left the tourist […]
Global warming could increase infectious diseases: scientists
People around the world are now living longer, healthier lives than just half a century ago, but the climate change threatens to undo that. All over the planet, animals—and the diseases they carry—are changing to adapt to an altered planet. And they are not alone: ticks, mosquitoes, bacteria, algae, and even fungi are changing or […]
NASA on the heat wave: “It is no surprise and it will continue”
the space agency USA (POT) warned this Thursday that the heat wave that is being registered in different countries of the world “it’s no surprise” and that it will continue unless the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere ceases. “For the last four decades there has been an increase in temperatures every decade. This […]
More than 80 million people in the US under alerts for sweltering heat wave
More than 80 million people were this Sunday under official warnings or forecasts of heat waves excessive in western, southern, and southeastern states USAhit in some cases by record temperatures. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned on Sunday of “a widespread and sweltering heat wave” across much of the west to the southeast, temperatures that […]
US, Europe and Japan face extreme heat waves
Several regions of the world are on track to record heat this Saturday, in USA, Europe and Japanwhich forced the authorities to take drastic measures against the danger posed by these extreme temperatures that are the latest example of the threat of climate change. The Italian meteorological center CNI called to prepare for “the most […]
WMO warns that heat waves will continue in July and August, after June record
the intense heat which has already broken the record for the highest average monthly temperature in June and two records for average daily temperatures in the first half of July will continue for the next two weeks and could last until August, the World Meteorological Organization said today. The scientific arm of the United Nations […]