Current：Home > NewsHeat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans -ProfitLogic
Heat Can Take A Deadly Toll On Humans
View
Date：2025-04-17 10:31:24
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 shortwave@npr.org.
This story was edited and fact-checked by Gisele Grayson, and produced by Rebecca Ramirez. Robert Rodriguez was the audio engineer.
veryGood！ (58432)
prev：B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
next：Sam Taylor
Related
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- The Easiest Makeup Hacks for Your Valentine’s or Galentine’s Day Glam
- Plush wars? Squishmallows toy maker and Build-A-Bear sue each other over ‘copycat’ accusations
- Tony Romo's singing, meandering Super Bowl broadcast left us wanting ... less
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Chiefs' offseason to-do list in free agency, NFL draft: Chris Jones' contract looms large
- 1 dead, 5 injured in shooting at Bronx subway station
- Finland extends Russia border closure until April 14 saying Moscow hasn’t stopped sending migrants
- Retirement planning: 3 crucial moves everyone should make before 2025
- What is Galentine's Day? Ideas for celebrating the Valentine's Day alternative with your besties
Ranking
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- A judge has blocked enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media amid litigation
- New Mexico officer stabbed to death while on duty before suspect is shot and killed by witness, police say
- IHOP giving away free pancakes for its National Pancake Day deal: Here's what to know
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Can AI steal the 2024 election? Not if America uses this weapon to combat misinformation.
- Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and more celebrities spotted at the Super Bowl
- Will New York State Divest From Big Oil?
Recommendation
Intellectuals vs. The Internet
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp sets the stage to aid Texas governor’s border standoff with Biden
Uncle Eli has sage advice for Texas backup quarterback Arch Manning: Be patient
Former pro wrestler William Billy Jack Haynes in custody after wife found dead in Oregon home
Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
Bluey launches YouTube reading series with celebrity guests from Bindi Irwin to Eva Mendes
Idaho residents on alert after 2 mountain lions spotted at least 17 times this year
Pennsylvania outage map: Nearly 150,000 power outages reported as Nor'easter slams region