What happens to your body during extreme heat?

From The Guardian, 26 January 2024:

Last year was the hottest year in recorded history. Global average temperatures over 2023 nudged towards 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, and for two days in November, they reached 2C above those levels.

With a hotter planet come more intense – and therefore more deadly – heatwaves.

Extreme heat is already the most deadly of natural hazards, causing or contributing to the deaths of more than 5,300 Australians between 1844 and 2010. And that doesn’t include the record-breaking heat of the past decade. Read more.