Discrepancy in heat wave exposure predicted to grow (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Discrepancy in heat wave exposure predicted to grow

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By the end of the century, the lowest-income quarter of the global population will face exposure to heat waves equivalent to the exposure faced by the other three quarters, combined, according to a new study in the AGU journal Earth’s Future.

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Mohammad Reza Alizadeh (CC BY 4.0)

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