“The survey was conducted in Britain, where there were four waves of high heat during the summer.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
The survey was conducted in Britain, where there were four waves of high heat during the summer.
The heat in Britain has led to sleep and health problems in citizens / photo: pixabay.comAccording to Citizens Advice, millions of people across the UK were suffering from insomnia this summer and were nervous because of large utilities and their health worsened because their homes were poorly equipped for high temperatures, Independent writes.
The publication indicates that the survey conducted by the charity found a broad influence of four waves of heat when the air temperature exceeded 30 ° C.
It is noted that almost half of the UK residents, namely, 47% reported that they had problems with sleeping in the summer. In addition to discomfort, 11% of respondents also complained about health deterioration, and 14% – stressed due to the influence of heat on themselves or family members, another 8% shared that they noticed the negative impact on the health of someone from the family.
The publication also added that in financial terms, 13% of respondents noted that electricity bills in them increased due to the fact that they tried to cool their home.
The publication emphasizes that a total of 45% of the survey participants incurred additional costs from increasing energy consumption to the purchase of cooling devices. Moreover, 7% spent more than £ 200, which is over UAH 11,000.
At the same time, every third British – 34%, who participated in the survey, said that he had difficult to cool his home. Moreover, among tenants, the number of such citizens was 40%.
The results of the survey, as the publication emphasized, indicate the vulnerability of the UK housing stock, which is why many people are harmful to health and financial difficulties during heat.
The survey results showed that one of the five respondents, which is 20% of all respondents, is afraid of the coming years, and among people with disabilities this figure is increasing to 25%.
The organization that conducted a survey among the British indicated that there is nothing to breathe in the heat of citizens in the heat in the heat, and in the winter, on the contrary, cold can be modernized by the housing stock.
The effects of heat for human health and natureEarlier, UNIAN reported that scientists have analyzed the health data of almost 25,000 adults Taiwan in the last 15 years and concluded that two years of high heat can accelerate the so-called biological aging of a person for 8-12 extra days. It is reported that climatic changes have caused 41 extra day of extreme heat around the world.
We also wrote that most of Europe and the Mediterranean basin were affected by drought in the first 10 days of August. To measure the drought level, an indicator of the drought observatory determined by the COPERNICUS climate change service was used. Satellite images were also used to measure precipitation, soil moisture and vegetation.
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