WINTER MORTALITY

Jun 23 2026ENVIRONMENT

Winter Chill in North India: What’s Really Happening with Cold Stress?

North India gets brutally cold every winter, but the kind of cold stress people feel isn’t always straightforward. Scientists track this using something called the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), which measures how cold actually affects the human body. Over the years from 1982 to 2020, the p

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