Deadly heat waves could hit South Asia this century

ENN
Aug 2, 2017, 5:41 pm26 pts
In South Asia, a region of deep poverty where one-fifth of the world’s people live, new research suggests that by the end of this century climate change could lead to summer heat waves with levels of heat and humidity that exceed what humans can survive without protection.There is still time to avert such…

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