Air conditioning isn’t the only answer
Tuesday 09 Sep 2025
Jesus Lizana, Nicole Miranda and Radhika Khosla at the University of Oxford say in The Conversation that northern Europe is dangerously unprepared for the heat of the near future.
They looked at the coming demand for cooling using the concept of “cooling degree days”, which essentially assesses how often people will need to take extra measures, like switching the air-conditioning on, to keep themselves cool.
Read more in The Conversation
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