Every year, about a billion people worldwide contract influenza, leading to as many as 650,000 deaths. Outbreaks are often seasonal, and their pattern varies by climatic zone. In temperate regions, ...

Find that humidity sweet spot.

We’re due hot and humid weather this week after the heavy rain and thunderstorms that much of the country is currently enjoying. Dan Suri, Met Office meteorologist, has said: ‘It’s going to get hot ...

Interactions between humidity and temperature are central to projecting and managing climate change impacts. Humidity modulates the human and ecological response to rising air temperatures by ...