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How The Body Succumbs In A Heat Wave

Geoffrey Riley/JPR News

The warming of the planet becomes very real to many people in the summertime. 

Thousands of people have died in extreme heat waves since 1980, and the frequency of the heat waves is increasing. 

Research at the University of Hawaiilooks at specifically HOW heat works on the body... and the bad news is, there are MANY different ways. 

Camilo Mora is an associate professor of geography at the U of H.  He gives us the lowdown on the heating up.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.