How the body adapts to extreme heat
Scientists are testing whether gradual exposure to extreme heat can help people adapt, potentially protecting vulnerable groups as heatwaves worsen. The process is challenging, but it may offer a way to build resilience in the face of rising temperatures.
“I can’t do this,” the woman in her 60s said as she lowered herself into the 40° Celsius water that filled a big silver tub at the end of a dimly lit room in the University of Ottawa’s Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit. It was only after the temperature dropped a degree that she immer…
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