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Displaying 3 of about 3 results… 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 …
… China’s ongoing scorching summer heat causes severe electricity shortages, factory shutdowns, crop failures, and heat stroke cases in its southeastern and southwestern … (i.e., an integrated index that accounts for heat wave intensity, duration, and spatial extent), a recent study …
… oppressive humidity, with overnight cloud cover preventing heat from escaping. These mainly occur in mid-latitude … moist heatwaves. To characterise the combined impact of heat and humidity, the researchers calculated a heat stress index. They found that, over the past 62 years, …