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September 10, 2025Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesOpen Access

Lethal Heat and Humidity Events

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SZShuang ZhouYWYao WuYLYanming Liu

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Overview

Increased extreme heat events pose significant health risks to vulnerable populations, indicating a need for enhanced collaborative strategies.

Key Points

  • Extreme heat combined with varying humidity increases health risks and economic loss.
  • Vulnerable populations like the elderly and children face greater risks due to low adaptive capacity.
  • Research continues to face challenges in data consistency and understanding mortality and morbidity impacts.
  • Global collaboration is critical to enhance heat health action plans, particularly in underprivileged areas.

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Zhou et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b5fe54b1d3bfb60eac26https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-111523-102139
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