Advice | The world needs a new way to talk about heat

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Advice by Michael J. Coren: We need to rethink the way we talk about heat to communicate dangers in a hotter world. Here's a guide to the new heat scale in the era of climate change.

These measures are designed for healthy adults. We’re just starting to adopt indexes of how heat will affect the most vulnerable.expected to roll out nationally later this year.

The Weather Service hopes it will serve as an early warning system even when conditions aren’t at their most extreme, supplementing existing heat warning systems that overlook heat-sensitive populations.

 

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