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OriginCamberwell
London
United Kingdom
Members Charles Hayward
Gareth Williams
Mario Boyer Diekuuroh
Trefor Goronwy
GenresExperimental Rock
Post-punk
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This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen, Charles Hayward and Gareth Williams. The band was originally active from 1976 until 1982.

Thirsty and exhausted, Texans feel the heatwave

Thirsty and exhausted, Texans feel the heatwave
Aug 2,2023 1:50 am

... " We re scared, because even though we re used to This Heat, it s never been like this"...

Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists

Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists
Jul 21,2023 8:30 pm

... Directly attributing This Heatwave to climate change is complex, but that work is ongoing, Prof Schmidt says...

US heatwave: A third of Americans under extreme heat advisories

US heatwave: A third of Americans under extreme heat advisories
Jul 15,2023 6:50 pm

... " This Heatwave is NOT typical desert heat due to its long duration, extreme daytime temperatures, & warm nights...

El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun

El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun
Jun 8,2023 9:10 am

... 5C hotter than normal for a month, the atmosphere must be seen to be responding to This Heat and there must be evidence the event is persisting...

The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps

The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps
May 29,2023 9:31 pm

... Compressors boost the temperature of the CO2 and the system can then transfer This Heat, providing water of up to 90C to a district heating system serving 27,000 households...

UK heatwave: From giving birth to working in a sewer

UK heatwave: From giving birth to working in a sewer
Jul 19,2022 8:00 pm

... This Heat makes it " smelly work" he said, " because it s just cooking the sewage, basically...

UK Heatwave: Michael Buble concert organiser to take extra measures

UK Heatwave: Michael Buble concert organiser to take extra measures
Jul 17,2022 5:00 pm

... She added: " It s insane, we were looking forward to it but to be quite honest I m 51 and even I would struggle in This Heat, it s just outrageous...

Disability and the heatwave: 'Dizziness, dehydration and my cooling body armour'

Disability and the heatwave: 'Dizziness, dehydration and my cooling body armour'
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... " While Emma s experience is quite unique, thousands of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been struggling in This Heat...

Climate change: What's it like living in a place where it's 50C?

Mar 18,2022 5:08 am

The climate crisis is no longer a future concern. In many parts of The World , it has already begun.

2021 has been the hottest year ever recorded. Millions of people are living with extreme temperatures, facing a growing threat of flooding or wildfires. Here, five people explain how extreme temperatures have changed their lives.

'We have many Sleepless Nights '

Shakeela Bano often lays out her family's bedding on The Roof of their one-storey house in India. Some Nights it's too hot to sleep indoors. The Roof can be too hot to walk on. " It's very difficult, " she says. " We have many Sleepless Nights . "

Shakeela lives with Her Husband , daughter and three grandchildren in a windowless room in Ahmedabad. They have only a single ceiling fan to keep them cool.

Climate Change means many cities in India are now hitting 50C. Densely populated, built-up areas are particularly affected by something known as the urban heat island effect. Materials Like concrete trap and radiate heat, pushing temperatures higher. And There 's no respite at night, when it can actually get hotter.

In homes Like Shakeela's, temperatures now reach 46C. She gets dizzy in The Heat . Her grandchildren suffer from rashes, heat exhaustion and diarrhoea.

Traditional methods for staying cool, Like drinking buttermilk and lemon water, no longer work. Instead they've borrowed money to paint The Roof of their home white. White surfaces reflect more sunlight and a coat of white paint to The Roof can bring down temperatures inside by 3-4 degrees.

For Shakeela, the difference is huge; The Room is cooler and The Children sleep better. " He would not sleep through the afternoon, " she says, pointing to her sleeping grandson. " Now he can drift off peacefully. "

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch the full video'Heat Like fire'

" I come from a place of heat, " Sidi Fadoua says. But The Heat in northern Mauritania, in West Africa , it is now too hot for many people To Live and work. The Heat here is not normal heat, he says. " It's Like fire. "

Sidi, 44, lives in a small village close The Edge of the Sahara. He works as a salt miner in the nearby flats. The Work is tough, and it's become harder as the region heats up due to Climate Change . " We can't endure such temperatures, " he says. " We Are not machines. "

To avoid temperatures upwards of 45C in the summer, Sidi has begun to work at night.

Job prospects are scarce. Those who once made a living raising livestock can no longer do it - There aren't any plants for The Sheep and goats to graze.

So Like an increasing number of his neighbours, Sidi has plans to migrate to the Coastal City of Nouadhibou, where The Ocean breeze keeps The City cooler. Locals can hitch a ride There on one of The World 's longest trains, taking Iron Ore from nearby mines to the coast.

" People are moving from here, " Sidi explains. " They cannot stand The Heat anymore. " The 20-hour ride is dangerous. Locals can sit on top of the carriages where they are exposed to heat and sunlight during The Day , before temperatures plummet to near freezing at night.

In Nouadhibou, he hopes to find work in The Fishing industry. The Breeze may bring respite, but with increasing numbers escaping the desert heat, work opportunities are harder to find. Sidi remains hopeful.

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch the full video'How do you put an inferno out?'

Patrick Michell, chief of the Kanaka Bar First Nation, first began noticing worrying changes in The Forest near his reserve in British Columbia , Canada, More Than three decades ago. There was less water in the rivers, and mushrooms had stopped growing.

This summer his fears came true. A heatwave was sweeping across North America . On June 29, his home town of Lytton smashed records, reaching 49. 6C. The Next day, his wife sent him a photo of a thermometer Reading 53C. An hour later, his town was On Fire .

His daughter, Serena, eight months pregnant, scrambled to pack her children and pets into The Car : " We left with the clothes on our backs. The Flames were three storeys high and right beside us. "

Patrick raced Back To see if he could save The House . He'd grown up dealing with wildfires. But Like the climate, the fires had changed too. " These aren't wildfires anymore, they're infernos, " he says. " How do you put an inferno out? "

Despite The Family 's circumstances, Patrick sees what's happened as an opportunity: " We can rebuild Lytton for The Environment that's Coming In The Next 100 years. It's daunting, but in my heart There 's that optimism. "

'When I was A Kid , it wasn't Like this'

" When I was A Kid The Weather was not Like this, " says Joy, who lives in the Niger Delta, in Nigeria. The region is one of The Most polluted regions on Earth, and hotter days and nights are increasing.

Joy provides for her family by using heat from gas flares to dry tapioca and sell it at a local market. " I have short hair, " Joy explains, " because if I grow my hair long, it could burn my head if the flare shifts direction or explodes. "

But The Flares are part of The Problem . Oil companies use them to burn off gas that is released from the ground when they drill for oil. The Flares , which rise 6m (20ft) high, are a significant source of global CO2 emissions, which contribute to Climate Change .

Climate Change has had a devastating impact here, turning fertile lands into deserts in The North , while flash flooding has hit The South . People do not remember such Extreme Weather Growing Up .

" Most People here aren't well-informed enough to explain why the climate is changing rapidly, " Joy says. " But we're suspicious of the non-stop flares. " She wants the government to ban gas flaring, even though she relies on it to provide for her family.

Almost none of the oil wealth has been reinvested in Nigeria, where 98 million people live in poverty. This includes Joy and her family. For Five Days of work they make £4 in profit.

She is not optimistic about The Future . " I think that life [on Earth] is now coming to an end. "

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch the full video'This Heat is not normal'

Six years ago, Om Naief began planting trees on a patch of desert by a motorway. A retired civil servant in Kuwait, she was concerned by the increasingly severe summer temperatures and worsening dust storms.

" I spoke to some officials. They all said it was impossible to plant anything in The Sand , " she says. " They said The Land was sandy and the temperature was too high. I wanted to Do Something that would astonish everyone. "

Om lives in the Middle East , which is warming faster than much of The World . Kuwait is careering towards unbearable temperatures - it is regularly hotter than 50C. Some predictions suggest average temperatures will rise by 4C by 2050. Yet Kuwait's economy is dominated by fossil fuel exports.

The two patches Om planted are modest but they serve a purpose. " Trees fend off dust, eliminate pollution, clean the air, and lower temperatures, " she says. Hedgehogs and spiny-tailed lizards now visit The Site . " There 's fresh water and shade. It's a Beautiful Thing . "

Some Kuwaitis are now calling for a large-scale green belt to be planted by the government. Their shared hope is that Kuwait is ready to make a stand against the climate crisis. Om says they must protect The Land and not let it dry out.

" This Heat is not normal, " Om concludes. " This is Our Fathers ' land. We must give Back To it, because it has given us a lot. "

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Bbc News Arabic documentary team spent The Past year filming in 10 extremely hot locations for the series to show how Climate Change and rising temperatures are impacting peoples' lives around The World . Watch the full series.

Heat Hitting Home in Australia

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Australia is one of the countries already seeing an increase in The Number of extremely hot days

Mexico's struggle for water

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Climate Change is causing once-mighty rivers to dry up and temperatures to rise to deadly levels in Mexico

The traffic cop who works in 50C heat

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Sergeant Saa'd, a Baghdad traffic Police Sergeant , regularly works in 50C heat

Top image from Getty Images . Climate stripes visualisation courtesy of Prof Ed Hawkins and University of Reading .



Source of news: bbc.com

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