A study published last week warned that the number of extremely hot days and nights — which pose a significant health risk as the human body doesn’t get a chance to cool off — in the Northern Hemisphere could quadruple by 2100. — yotrak/AFP pic
While climate change is a long-term phenomenon, an international team of researchers wanted to see what effect short-term weather extremes would have on urban power grids. This in turn could have a significant impact on urban air quality and poses a further challenge to governments and cities seeking to shrink their carbon footprint.
Even with global air conditioning access set to mushroom as the century progresses, there are still likely to be hundreds of millions of people worldwide put in harm’s way by extreme heatwaves.
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