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East Tennessee coaches focus on athlete safety amid extreme heat
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — This summer the heat has been intense, with temperatures running high across the region. For many young athletes football practice begins in the next few weeks just before the school year starts. 6 News spoke with a sports medicine expert and an East Tennessee high school football coach to learn what's being done to keep student athletes safe in the heat. Sports medicine surgeon Kyle Boden said paying attention to young…
Extreme heat threatens students in Florida and beyond, report shows
New research shows how many public schools across the country are facing extreme heat. Tampa is one of three Florida cities which has one of the highest percentages of students in urban heat zones nationwide. This analysis from Climate Central included over 12 thousand K-12 public schools with nearly 6.2 million enrolled students. Researchers found that about 76% of these students attend school in extreme urban heat islands – neighborhoods whe…
Prior to the recent Day of Action Against Heat, held on 2 June, a new report by scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Climate Center, and Central Climate assessed the influence of human-induced climate change on the dangerous heat waves of the past 12 months (May 1, 2024 to May 1, 2025).
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