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Displaying 15 of about 89 results… waves by quantifying change in high-frequency extreme wave events over decision or impact-relevant time horizons … The projected increases in high-frequency extreme wave forcing across most of the Southern Hemisphere present … with up to ∼50%–100% increases in extreme, persistent wave events (i.e. wave-storm-spell duration) over the low and …
… reports, and climate bulletins. The study uses the ERA5-HEAT reanalysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) … of the areas of the world that are exposed to heat stress with a focus on the Northern … in data over the heat threshold are consistent with heat- wave years. They are also consistent with El Niño years …
… estimate of urban population exposure to extreme heat––referred to henceforth as exposure––for 13,115 urban … population growth intersects with increases in extreme heat. Without this knowledge, there is limited ability to … above 40.6 °C (Fig. 4C). We isolate the peak of the heat wave hitting Aleppo on Aug. 5, during which HImax exceeded 47 …
… and decision-makers can take to mitigate extreme heat's worst effects. It notes that in the coming decades, … report also finds that, although the impacts of extreme heat are global, some people are hit harder than others. … of the deadli- est disasters on record. The European heat- wave of 2003 was responsible for more than 70,000 excess …
… the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high … (town, township, neighborhood committee, and equivalent) heat health risk and adaptability assessments are still … Geographics 10(1): Article 7. Klinenberg, E. 2003. Heat wave: A social autopsy of disaster in Chicago. Chicago and …
… rainstorm-induced flood, drought, tropical cyclone, heat wave and wildfire, cold wave and severe convection. … rainstorm-in- duced flood, drought, tropical cyclone, heat wave and wildfire, cold wave and severe convection. The …
… is in line with predicted effects of climate change. Heat waves in Viet Nam, a slow onset of the rainy season and … effects of climate change. For example, there were heat waves in Viet Nam, with a slow onset of the rainy season … average (16–17). In central Viet Nam, the first heat wave occurred in the last days of March, which is about one …
… indicators like temperatures, sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification and extreme weather, alongside risks … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ocean heat content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Strong Severe Extreme Figure 11. Strength of marine heat wave experienced in 2021 according to the categories defined …
… climate change on water supply, coastal flooding and urban heat were identified as relevant for the island. Possible … of the 3 issues (water supply, coastal flooding and urban heat) with qualitative and quantitative adaptation options. … and agriculture 15 Climate-related impacts 18 Urban heat 18 Adaptation 19 Water demand 22 Adaptation 25 Coastal …
… relatively higher deaths due to COVID-19 during the first wave, had been building in the World Heritage (old) city of … relatively higher deaths due to COVID-19 during the first wave, in the World Heritage (old) city of Ahmedabad, had been … is necessarily provisional [5], looking back at the first wave of SARS- CoV-2 seems to reveal a couple of pointers …
… of heavy precipitation rates and large hail. Both heat and aerosols from wildfires play an important role. As … hail (≥2 in.) by 34% in the central United States. Both heat and aerosols from wildfires play an important role. By … large amounts of aerosol particles (6) and sensible heat (7). The former can affect storm intensity and weather …
… 2018; Li et al. 2019; Yeo et al. 2019), long-lived Rossby Wave Packets (RWPs, Wirth et al. (2018)), which can … in Europe, the seasonal mean was strongly affected as the heat arrived in two waves, one from mid-May to mid-June and … but with a long tail of the distribution towards extreme heat. For California, the model also predicts the extreme …
… 2021 alone, extreme cold waves (e.g., France in April) and heat waves (e.g., Canada in July) were recorded in many parts … to climate-related disasters in Asia in 2021, aside from heat wave, India was severely impacted by floods and cyclones …
… were considerable. At the beginning of April, a cold wave hit France and caused substantial agricultural damage, … in 2021 in terms of economic losses in EM-DAT. Besides heat waves, the Western USA encountered persistent drought … Flood 260 USA Winter Storm 235 India Landslide 234 USA Heat Wave 229 Indonesia Cyclone Seroja 226 Human impact: …
… HAZARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Heat Waves 15 Drought 16 Flood 17 Cyclones 19 CLIMATE CHANGE … to end of the century. • Very large potential increases in heat-related ill health, diarrheal disease, and … high (RCP8.5) emission scenario. The future rise in heat wave frequencies under this high emission scenario is …