{"id":16963,"date":"2026-06-22T16:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:02:51","slug":"mexico-italy-and-others-see-up-to-two-more-months-of-heat-stress-than-in-the-1970s-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=16963","title":{"rendered":"Mexico, Italy and others see up to two more months of heat stress than in the 1970s, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ALEXA ST. JOHN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mexico, Kenya, Italy and other nations around the world are experiencing one to two more months of heat stress than they were several decades ago, new research published Monday says, and some areas even more so. Regions previously untouched by heat stress are now feeling it, too.<\/p>

Read more Ground beef to drive up Fourth of July grilling costs<\/a><\/p>\n

Extreme feels-like temperatures, heat stress days and tropical nights have all become dramatically more frequent, long and severe over the past six decades as the planet\u2019s warming intensifies \u2014 a result of the burning of fossil fuels coal, oil and gas \u2014 according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change on Monday.<\/p>\n

The researchers went beyond just temperature, which is frequently studied, and used feels-like temperatures, to understand more of the impact on people. They assessed heat stress on individual humans, influenced by temperature, humidity, wind speed and more. They used what\u2019s called the Universal Thermal Climate Index to analyze those factors and model the human body\u2019s response to the environment.<\/p>\n

The combination of heat and humidity can be dangerous for humans, because humidity impacts how sweat evaporates, and that\u2019s a cooling mechanism. Heat waves that are humid can be more fatal than dry heat waves as humans don\u2019t cool down as easily.<\/p>\n