Nils Wallenberg: Heat stress in preschools

This Planeten seminar will be given in English, and both physically and via Zoom. Feel free to bring your lunch to Birgit Thilander or to attend by following the link below. No registration required.

Nils Wallenberg, postdoctoral fellow, and Sofia Thorsson, professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, will speak about Heat stress in preschools, a topic relevant to climate as well as multiple health aspects. Nils will present an ongoing research project that investigates occurrence of heat stress at preschool yards in Gothenburg and how it influence the children’s outdoor activity and thermal comfort using GPS tracking, heart-rate monitors, observations, model simulations and interviews with the preschool teachers. The speakers will also touch on how heat stress is expected to change in a future warmer climate and how vegetation can be used to mitigate heat stress.

This Planeten seminar will be given in English, and both physically and via Zoom. Please feel free to bring your lunch to Birgit Thilander or to attend by following the link below. No registration is required. The seminar is open to all students, researchers, employees, clinicians or interested individuals otherwise connected to the Sahlgrenska academy.

To join digitally: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/67291776674