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The invisible danger: When cities heat up

Aerial of suburban Melbourne and CBD

Australian cities such as Melbourne are also being affected by rising temperatures. Source: Moment RF / Charlie Rogers/Getty Images

From Australia to Europe: Record temperatures of almost 50 degrees are no longer a weather phenomenon, but a harbinger of the future. New research results show that our political action today will determine whether one or four billion people will be exposed to extreme heat in the future.


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By Barbara Barkhausen

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From Australia to Europe: Record temperatures of almost 50 degrees are no longer a weather phenomenon, but a harbinger of the future. New research results show that our political action today will determine whether one or four billion people will be exposed to extreme heat in the future.


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