A study in Taiwan has found that peoples’ biological age increases when they experience heatwaves. Researchers measured participants’ organ function in order to determine their biological age.
Experiencing four heatwave days over a two-year period led people’s biological age to increase by about nine days.
Manual workers, those living in rural areas or those who do not have access to air conditioning are worse affected by heatwaves.
Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests
The Guardian
Repeated heatwaves may accelerate ageing
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The demographics at risk of ageing due to heatwaves
The Independent
Key words and phrases
age
become or appear older
accelerate
get faster or more intense
demographic
a group of people who share a characteristic
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