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The Nuance

Can Temperature Swings Really Make You Sick?

What warm spells and cold snaps mean for your health

Elemental
Published in
5 min readFeb 6, 2020

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GGlobal warming continues to push the mercury up across the planet. But even before climate scientists started sounding alarms about rising temperatures, winter warm spells were a well-known phenomenon. According to the Farmers’ Almanac, brief winter warm-ups…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a frequent contributor at TIME, the New York Times, and other media orgs. I write mostly about health and science. I like long walks and the Grateful Dead.