outreach team in Vancouver working to ensure people aware, prepared to cope w. latest heat spike across parts of B.C.
*those experiencing mental illness, homelessness, chronic health conditions most at risk of illness, death during heat waves
British Columbia's 2021 heat dome killed people w. schizophrenia at a higher rate than those w. other chronic illness. During the heat dome's hottest eight days 134 people diagnosed with schizophrenia died, 3x the avg. # of deaths during the same period 2006-2020
"They found that a group of parasitic single-celled protists — called Syndiniales —are more common in #corals that survive #HeatStress.
Protists, or single-cell eukaryotes, are less studied than bacteria in most host organisms but may have a major influence on the health of their coral host, according to the researchers"