The climate crisis you can feel: A billion more people now face dangerous heat, study shows (opens original article in a new tab)

A study shows that climate change has increased the number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress by about one billion since the 1970s, with heat stress becoming more frequent and expanding to new regions.

• The number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress has increased by approximately one billion since the 1970s due to climate change
• Heat stress is now more frequent on every continent with
• Some countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, and France experience
• Heat stress is expanding to regions where it was historically uncommon, including North America, the UK, and Scandinavia