Droughts
Heat waves pose disproportionate threat to female workforce, claims study
The report titled “The Scorching Divide” suggests that women from marginalized and poor backgrounds will be the worst affected by intensifying heat waves
When evaporation and transpiration together worsen droughts
A process called ‘evapotranspiration’ increases during droughts, further increasing water unavailability in the soil. The process is also linked to flash droughts, which develop rapidly with water depleting severely within a few weeks