Climate change expands extreme heat threat to human health

A personal account from rural New South Wales, Australia, describes a severe heat wave experienced by the author at age 12 during the summer vacation following Christmas. The narrative details the conditions inside a tin-roofed house, where sheets were draped over the front windows to act as curtains while the author spent long, hot hours working on a 1,000-piece puzzle at the kitchen table. This individual experience is presented within the context of climate change expanding the threat of extreme heat to human health.