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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Australia records big bump in pregnancy heat-risk days

Heatwaves are linked to preterm birth, stillbirth, hypertension and gestational diabetes. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

Climate change has already added about 10 extra days a year of extreme heat deemed harmful for pregnant women in Australia.

Darwin experienced a sharp 17-day jump in heat conditions threatening to pregnant people and newborns, the biggest increase of all Australian cities captured in the analysis by international non-profit Climate Central.

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