EXTREME HEAT Is Getting Worse, and It Will Reshape Earth FOREVER

Name: EXTREME HEAT Is Getting Worse, and It Will Reshape Earth FOREVER
Uploaded: 2026
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Description: Extreme heat is the deadliest kind of weather on Earth. Even as deaths from most weather decline, heat-related mortality is on the rise. Part of the reason? The very nature of extreme heat is changing. Climate change has unleashed a dramatic increase in dangerous “wet-bulb” events, when heat and humidity combine to overwhelm the human body’s ability to cool itself.

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Extreme heat is the deadliest kind of weather on Earth. Even as deaths from most weather decline, heat-related mortality is on the rise. Part of the reason? The very nature of extreme heat is changing. Climate change has unleashed a dramatic increase in dangerous “wet-bulb” events, when heat and humidity combine to overwhelm the human body’s ability to cool itself.

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