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Surviving the Heat in Sydney
Extreme heat is the deadliest climate disaster, and scientists struggle to cool things down. Physiologist Ollie Jay is tackling the issue in Sydney, Australia, trying to create low-cost cooling strategies for people most at risk: those without air conditioning and the unhoused. He puts Miles O’Brien in the hot seat, literally, to experience a body system failing to regulate itself.
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