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Yesterday — 25 June 2024Main stream

Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen

✇NYT: Science
By: Somini Sengupta
25 June 2024 at 05:04
As temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

Hansa Ahir, left, who salvages recyclable waste for a living in Ahmedabad, India, bought an insurance policy to cover her income on days when heat makes it dangerous to work.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions

✇NYT: Science
By: Somini Sengupta
21 June 2024 at 10:06
People all over the world are facing severe heat, floods and fire, aggravated by the use of fossil fuels. The year isn’t halfway done.

© Fadel Senna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Rescuers carried a heat-stricken patient during the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Dozens of Groups Push FEMA to Recognize Extreme Heat as a ‘Major Disaster’

✇NYT: Science
By: Manuela Andreoni
17 June 2024 at 20:36
The labor and environmental groups are pushing the change so relief funds can be used in more situations.

© Carlos Barria/Reuters

Construction in Phoenix last July. Labor groups and workers’ rights organizations hope to build up protections for the tens of millions of people working outside or without air-conditioning during heat waves.
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