Wearable tech helps beat the heat

Agence France Presse 08/19/2023

TOKYO — Selling jackets with built-in fans, neck coolers, and T-shirts that feel cold, Japanese firms are tapping into a growing market for products to help people handle the summer heat. Japan—like other countries—is seeing ever-hotter summers.…

‘Oppressive’ heat wave scorches US west and south

07/17/2023

Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories Sunday, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of…

Uncharted life of extreme heat

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 07/13/2023

For three days last week, the world registered temperatures that one scientist described as “almost certainly” the hottest that planet Earth has seen for the past 100,000 years. Another scientist went further by declaring that it is…

Heat rising in Cebu, public told to take precautionary measures

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/07/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebuanos are advised to take precautionary measures against excessive heat as rising heat index or heat temperature has again been recorded this week. Jhomer Eclarino, a weather specialist from Pagasa-Mactan station, said…

Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there

Associated Press 07/07/2023

Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and one unofficial analysis says the past seven days have been the hottest week on record, the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes. On Thursday, the National Oceanic…

Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray make NBA history in Finals Game 3 win

Agence France Presse 06/08/2023

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray carved out a slice of NBA history on Wednesday, both notching 30-point triple-doubles as the Denver Nuggets downed the Miami Heat 109-94 to regain the upper hand in the NBA Finals. “I…

Pets, animals also at risk of heat stroke, says top veterinarian

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/30/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Pets and other animals, like humans, are also at risk of heat stroke especially if they are old and immuno-compromised. Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries…

NBA: Celtics sense chance to turn the heat on Miami

Agence France Presse 05/25/2023

No team has ever come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the NBA playoffs but after their win at the Miami Heat on Tuesday, the Boston Celtics clearly sense a chance of history. The Heat, now…

It’s going to get 1.5-degree C hotter by 2027, scientists warn

Cristina Eloisa Baclig 05/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines—For the first time ever, global temperatures are likely to set new record highs in the next five years due to heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHG) and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to an update…

NBA: Celtics now down 0-3 against Heat

CDN Digital 05/22/2023

Gabe Vincent scored 29 points to help the host Miami Heat move within one win of their second NBA Finals appearance in four seasons, courtesy of a 128-102 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Vincent made…

Heat action plans: We need them NOW

Eleanor Pinugu - @inquirerdotnet 05/22/2023

There is a funny meme being passed around which shows a revised version of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Instead of food and water, a new level was added to the bottom labeled “AIRCON”—suggesting that it is now…

American, Russian tourists die of heatstroke in Lapu-Lapu this month – City Disaster Risk Reduction chief

Futch Anthony Inso 05/19/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Two foreigners have died in Lapu-Lapu City due to heatstroke this month.  That is according to Nagiel Bañacia, head of the Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO). READ: Scorching summer…

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