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Story summary
- In Rio de Janeiro's Chapeu Mangueira favela, extreme heat above 40°C (100°F) worsens living conditions.
- Michele Campos, a local resident, describes the unbearable heat in her windowless bedroom.
- Researchers from Utrecht University are studying the heat's impact on 1.3 million favela residents, installing thermometers and asking residents to keep 'heat diaries'.
- The study seeks to show climate change intensifies urban inequalities and could guide public policy to address disparities.
