[fusion_text]New research from Breene M. Kerr Professor Elfatih Eltahir shows that deadly heat waves could harm South Asia, the home to one-fifth of the world’s population. The research suggests that climate change may cause summer heat waves with fatal levels of heat and humidity, and that these heat waves may occur in the next few decades. The findings were published in Science Advances. Read more on MIT News.[/fusion_text]