The Heat is Here to Stay: Surviving Climate Change is in Penang’s Own Hands

By Hajar Ariff, Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

April 2024 COVER STORY
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“SHE IS HOT” exclaimed a male student, gaining immediate attention in my scientific lab. They clamoured to his monitor only to be disappointed to see that their colleague was only gawking at the heat map of Penang heralding extreme temperatures. The signal they should have picked up is that extreme temperatures will come to be our new normal.Heatwaves are technically prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures, significantly above the normal averages for a region and often accompanied by high humidity,...

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Hajar Ariff

graduated from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Industrial Statistics. She is an introvert who lends her time to activism whenever the need calls.

Prof. Dato' Dr. Zulfigar Yasin

is a marine environmental scientist who is an Honourable Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia and a visiting senior analyst at Penang Institute. His work now focuses on the sustainable development of the marine environment.

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