Dr. Jane Baldwin: Humidity and climate change
Dr. Jane Baldwin, from University of California, Irvine, will be available for interviews on Tuesday, July 14, from 2-4 p.m. ET.
What is Experts on Camera?
Interview opportunity available:
Tuesday, July 14, from 2-4 p.m. ET
It’s not just the heat intensifying with climate change. Rising humidity levels are also making hot weather more dangerous.
Available expert:
Dr. Jane Baldwin is an assistant professor of earth system science at the University of California, Irvine. She can discuss topics including:
- How climate change is increasing moisture in the atmosphere and driving more humid conditions;
- Why warmer temperatures combined with high humidity can create greater health risks;
- What is known about how heat-health risks are growing with climate change, and what researchers are still working to understand;
- How humidity also affects extreme weather that can compound with heat; and
- What people and communities can do to stay safe as hot and humid weather becomes more common.
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