Extreme heat episodes, which are increasingly because of global warming, not only threaten the elderly but increase their risks For both pregnant and pregnant embryos, according to scientists.

‘Climate change increases the dangers associated with pregnancy Around the world because of extreme heat, “says a report by the US -based Climate Central Non -Governmental Organization.

The authors of the report tried to calculate to what extent the exposure of pregnant women has increased to extreme heat worldwide after 2020 and to what extent this increase is linked to climate change.

“In most countries – 222 – climate change has at least doubled the average number of days with extreme heat annually, which are dangerous to pregnancy,” the research said.

The increase was particularly large in the areas “where access to care is limited – mainly in the Caribbean as well as in some areas of Central and Latin America, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia and sub -Saharan Africa”.

This report presented “clear data on the increase in the risks associated with exposure to extreme heat,” said researcher Anna Bonel of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, stressing that the conclusions also concern the elderly.

Previous study, published in 2024 in the journal Nature Medicine, had given a first picture of the effects of extreme heat on pregnant women, pointing out that high temperatures increase many risks – from premature childbirth to deaths and the presence of genetic abnormalities.

“Increasing heat report is a major threat to the health of mothers and newborns,” warns the authors of this Climate Central report, which was drawn up by the composition of nearly 200 research.

In addition to extreme heat, other effects of climate change affect the health of pregnant women and embryos, such as some types of air pollution and floods, stress.