Daniel Swain says extreme heat has been severely underestimated | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
August 04, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: USA Today

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Temperatures in the U.S. could rise 3 to 12 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, and the impact on human life will be brutal. Extreme heat waves may be the new normal, yet the world might not be prepared.

UCLA News: The risks and potential consequences of extreme heat events in areas where they are rare have been “severely underestimated,” Swain said. Now climate change is “increasing the stakes.”