Climate change exposes 145 million Indian children to at least one additional month of heat stress annually, a study has found. Researchers warned that the figure could rise to 169 million under 2 degrees Celsius of global warming
Four out of five deaths were of unauthorised pilgrims in the heat stress related deaths in Haj pilgrimage this year. Over 1300 died in heat stress related incidents, says Saudi Arabia
Summer time relative humidity has increased by 5-10 per cent this decade leading to excessive heat stress in Hyderabad and other metros. This increase is nullifying the drop in night temperatures in Hydeabad and Delhi too, a study by the Centre for Science and Environment says.
Washington: A new study has found that to survive short periods of heat stress, plants activate a molecular pathway called the heat-shock response. The research has been published in the ‘EMBO Journal’. This heat-shock response (common to all organisms) protects cells from damage inflicted by proteotoxic stress, which damages proteins. Such stress is not only […]
