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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

A hotter planet is pushing older adults beyond the human body’s limits | As the planet warms and the population ages, millions of older adults could face heat their bodies can no longer tolerate.

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A hotter planet is pushing older adults beyond the human body’s limits | As the planet warms and the population ages, millions of older adults could face heat their bodies can no longer tolerate.

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days ago

Extreme heat threatens older adults sooner than scientists understood

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A Stanford study finds older adults could face dangerous heat at far lower levels of global warming as aging reduces the body’s ability to stay cool.

The paper is here

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