As global temperatures tick higher, with this year on course to be the hottest on record, the UAE is changing its building designs and urban planning to create cooler living environments, even outdoors, Almheiri said.
Blazing heat spurs record energy consumption in Bahrain
Life in Bahrain largely moves indoors during the summer months, with the ever-present Arctic blast of air-conditioning systems.
‘Heatwave to make human life unsustainable in certain areas’
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. Heatwaves are predicted to "exceed human physiological and social limits" in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and...
Climate change worsening toll on outdoor workers: Study
Researchers in the United States, who estimated the current cost at $2.1 trillion every year, said the effects of stifling temperatures on people doing heavy work in agriculture and construction had been underestimated. They found that between 2001 and 2020, exposure to high humidity and heat was linked to 677...
Blackouts hit Iraq as mercury soars 52°C
4 southern provinces without electricity since Tuesday Sizzling temperatures made worse by high levels of humidity When the mercury soared to 52 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) this week in Iraq, Ali Karrar placed his baby for a couple of minutes in the fridge. But when the power went off on...
