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[Repeated from Friday 9am.] Global environmental news with Alex Smith. This week: Heat Storm! How it kills and who. Three experts on extreme heat: Elizabeth Hanna, Robert Kopp and Jonathan Patz. NASA announced Earth is heating faster than expected. Deadly heat in India, unheard-of heat in France and Alaska. The Arctic is thawing out. The U.S. East Coast roasted over 100°F. Around the world, people have died and many more will be killed by heat in the future. But how does heat kill? And who? A compilation from the best of Radio Ecoshock (replay). Visit ecoshock.org/ for more information. Contact radio@ecoshock.org.

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