Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter. Our recent research in Nature Climate Change shows that clearing large areas of the rainforest exposes hundreds of millions of people to higher temperatures, increasing heat stress (when the body’s way of controlling temperature fails) and, in some cases, contributing to death.
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'That is something we have never seen before': Artemis II crew describe far side of Moon
Protesters gather at the capitol in Austin, Texas, to rally against an expansion of the border wall in Big Bend. Photograph: Roque Planas/The Guardian
Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during a press conference after the Artemis II moon rocket launched at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 April. Photograph: Terry Renna/AP
