How to Adapt to Warming in the Future

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The way in which we choose to adapt will vary according to where we live and the climate that we experience at the present time. Professor Lewis Holsey explained how you're going to deal with future heat. And whether the environment is humid or not is important for the body's reaction to heat. In humid environments, our natural response of producing sweat to cool off becomes less effective because the air is already so wet,. There's no where for that moisture on your skin to go.

As record temperatures spread across the world, Ian Sample sets out to understand what heat does to our bodies and what we can do to mitigate it without causing more damage to the environment. He visits Prof Lewis Halsey’s team at the University of Roehampton and learns first-hand about the body’s response to heat. He also hears from scientists Prof Jean Palutikof and Dr Aaron Bach about how we can adapt buildings and working conditions in a changing climate.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod