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Contact: Elizabeth K. Gardner
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Purdue University

Intensification of Dangerous Heat Stress

Caption: This image represents intensification of dangerous heat stress in the 21st century. The color contours show the expected intensification of dangerous heat index days given accelerating increases in greenhouse gas concentrations.

Credit: Purdue University image/Diffenbaugh Laboratory

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Related news release: Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress


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