unprecedented thermal stress

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. Extreme heat conditions affecting urban environments, ecosystems, or populations that surpass historical records and current adaptive capacities.; Severe physical strain on human bodies caused by excessive heat exposure beyond normal physiological adaptation limits.

💬 Examples

  1. From Southern Europe to East Asia and parts of North America, cities are experiencing unprecedented thermal stress.

  2. Construction workers reported unprecedented thermal stress during the record-breaking heatwave.