61% of children in India exposed to one more month of heat stress due to climate change

New research reveals 61 percent of Indian children face extra heat stress annually. Climate change has doubled young children's exposure to dangerous heat levels. This exposure outpaces all other age groups, affecting millions of youngsters. Future warming scenarios project even greater heat stress for Indian children. Developing nations and younger populations bear a disproportionate burden of this threat.

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