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40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

Update: 2022-06-031
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The world is warmer than ever, and getting hotter. Bapu Jena looks at how heat affects our bodies and our behavior — and how we might adapt to rising temperatures.

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Marina Ell

Important: when the temperature is hot enough, fans will make you WARMER, not cooler. Wind increases heat transfer and 99% of the time, this happens to cool you down because the air is cooler than your body temperature. However, when the temperatures were above 110°F in Portland, fans killed people.

Jun 4th
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40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

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