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Displaying 12 of about 12 results… such as (i) rising temperature increases the likelihood of heat wave threats across Asia; (ii) droughts in arid and semiarid … 2021). Governments and GDP at risk annually from rising heat and Humidity ($ million) Global (4.0–6.0) Global …
… tsunami would have traveled, with on shore wave amplitudes significantly higher than would be expected … to an earthquake-generated tsunami9. A 1.2 m high tsunami wave was observed at Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa on Tongatapu … broken the surface and afterwards was eroded away by wave action. It is south of Late Island and southwest of …
… medical devices On the African continent, the first wave of the pandemic peaked in July 2020 and progressed more … than the rest of the world. However, Africa’s second wave of the pandemic began in December 2020 and witnessed … mean daily new cases when comparing the peak of the first wave to epidemiological week 53. As of 31 December, 2020, …
… are confronting the pandemic and fighting against the wave of destruction. The struggle against Amazon’s … and at Cricket ground), leading to a horrific second wave, described by the local doctors as ‘Covid tsunami’. Once … the government has put the entire blame for the second wave of Covid-19 infections on a virus variant. Socially, the …
… Paludiculture Retention of water and soil Mitigation of heat stress Control of disease and pests Carbon sequestration Soil fertility Biodiversity Droughts Floods Heat stress Farming as a tool to restore habitats and … detention ponds) Cooling air temperature Mitigating urban heat island effect Regulation of water runoff Carbon …
… including climate and hydrometeorological events such as heat waves, … precipitation and flooding, storm surges, wind, extreme heat and sea-level rise. The passage of Hurricane Matthew … More recently, Tropical Storm Debbie in 1994 and tropical wave in 1996 caused cumulative damage of US$93.1 million to …
… planning and recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic (wave 2), National Institute of Standards and Technology …
… is high confidence in the IPCC (2021) that “Concurrent heat waves and droughts have become more frequent over the …
Micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are one of the most important, yet vulnerable, drivers of development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This stems from the fact that, while MSMEs are known to support over 50% of all livelihoods on the continent (both formal and informal) these firms often face a plethora of heterogenous risks that regularl…
… heavily on external resource suppliers (e.g. electricity, heat, raw materials). 10 Naturally, manufacturing activities … such as apparel, are particularly exposed to pandemics, heat stress, floods and other risks affecting the workforce. …
… coverage ratio; CBR = cash burn ratio. ICR indicator in heat maps is defined as ratio of earnings before interest, …
… to continue, including higher frequency and intensity of heat waves (Niang et al., 2014). 4.2 | Exposure There is …