For indoor workers, particularly those in factories, DOLE stressed the importance of proper ventilation to alleviate heat stress. Employers were also encouraged to implement cooling measures and ...

But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster. Cumulative heat stress changes our epigenetics – how our cells turn on or off gene switches in response to environmental ...

"One of the largest continuous areas facing multiple indicators of high heat stress is in the southwest portion of the city of Houston, which includes Gulfton, Alief, Sharpstown, Westwood ...

"The temperature at which corals succumb to heat stress is generally thought to be innate and inflexible. But this work shows that an intricate biological partnership greatly increases the ability ...