Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning

Extreme heat and poverty can combine to delay children’s development Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer/Alamy Young children who experience extreme heat tend to know fewer words, letters and numbers, showing that global warming can harm human development from the earliest stages. An average monthly maximum temperature of 32°C (90°F) or more reduced the likelihood that 3-…

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