Exactly the sort of thing we need to keep people safe in a warming climate. We need to fix this, but it can't be fixed overnight. Until then, technology like this will be required.
Michael T. Kuester
A global warning system can forecast when vertebrates may face unprecedented heat up to nine months ahead. Many regions would have seen alerts months before peak exposure. doi.org/hb66t5
An international group of scientists led by Josep M. Serra-Diaz, researcher at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB, CSIC-MCNB), has developed the first global early warning system capable of forecasting when and where vertebrate species will be exposed to unprecedented heat up to nine months in advance.