Browsing: heat

Each year, student-athletes suffer heat-related illnesses like dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.This Georgia football program has found that the best way to keep kids hydrated…

Student-athletes have always had to balance athletic and academic schedules and navigate mental health challenges. But now there is a growing concern of heat illness as…

September 11, 20254 min readBig Oil’s Emissions Caused about 25 Percent of Heat Waves since 2000A new study finds that one quarter of heat waves between…

After la rentrée, when adults and children alike across France head back to work and school after the seemingly endless summer holidays, you would be forgiven…

A spate of extremely hot weather in British Columbia has broken Canada’s national maximum temperature record for September.On Tuesday, it reached 40C (104F) in Lytton, matching…

September 4, 20255 min readKids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest ClassroomsThe first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities…

As schools are returning to session following one of the hottest summers ever recorded, districts are faced with a new problem: how to handle increasingly extreme…

It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging?A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of…

August 26, 20253 min readRepeated Heat Waves Can Age You as Much as Smoking or DrinkingA new long-term study suggests that the more heat waves people…

Repeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage smoking, alcohol use, poor diet…