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Displaying 45 of about 90 results… Heat-related illness, an environmental exposure-related … (ED), is likely to rise with increased incidence of heat events related to climate change. Few studies … and statistical relationship of social vulnerability and heat-related health outcomes. This study explores …
… Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the … weather events, understanding Americans’ perceptions of heat risk and their geographic variability is essential for promoting adaptive behaviors during heat waves. Using a large original survey dataset of 9,217 …
… for increasing the reach and effectiveness of heat risk education and warning messaging from individuals … who represent, serve and/or are part of potentially heat-susceptible communities in San Diego County, California. … including coastal, mountain, and desert, with potential heat waves occurring throughout the year affecting different …
… This UCS analysis provides a detailed view of how extreme heat events caused by dangerous combinations of temperature … country. The authors have analyzed where and how often the heat index—also known as the National Weather Service “feels … scenarios associated with different levels of global heat-trapping emissions and future warming. These scenarios …
… This research couples heat-based work reduction recommendations from the US Centers … the annual number of unsafe workdays due to extreme heat. Outdoor workers perform critical societal functions, … algorithms to projections of the frequency of extreme heat days to quantify the exposure of the outdoor workforce …
… This new report highlights currently available state-level heat vulnerability indices, which can help communicate which … communities are at increased risks of negative effects of heat on health, as well as current gaps in data and … FEMA’s National Risk Index incorporates NOAA’s heat wave data with CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index and the …
… in the United States. It provides data on the number of heat-related illnesses and deaths in the country and … Agreement. Projections of summertime deaths due to extreme heat were made based on the weather classification system … In many areas, warming will be compounded by the urban heat island effect. It also finds an increase in excess …
… and safety impacts experienced during a historic extreme heat event in Canada. By conducting a systematized review and content analysis of media coverage about the 2021 Heat Dome, the researchers were able to identify the … spoke with four paramedics who worked during the heat wave and stated, “all described a service overwhelmed with …
… 2°C. The authors specify the differences in city-level heat-related mortality between the 3°C trajectory and warming … the 2°C threshold could avoid between 70 and 1980 annual heat-related deaths per city during extreme events (30-year … 1.5°C threshold could avoid between 110 and 2720 annual heat-related deaths. Population changes and adaptation …
… This report examines media coverage of extreme heat and climate change from January 1 to July 8, 2018, as well as in the context of the major heat event that spread over the Northern Hemisphere over a … coverage in the 13 states in which 10 or more heat records were broken during the period. With a few …
… The National Weather Service of the United States uses the heat index—a combined measure of temperature and relative … define risk thresholds warranting the issuance of public heat alerts. The authors of this paper use statistically … how often conditions exceed the range of the current heat index formulation. These 'no analog' conditions have …
… on planning rotating power outages. With climate change, heat waves have become more frequent and intense. Rotating … from extreme high temperatures. Power outages during heat waves expose residents to high risks of overheating. … dynamics to simulate the thermal resilience during a heat wave event. The proposed method was tested for the California …
… estimate county-level variations in older populations’ heat exposure in the early (1995–2014) and mid (2050) 21st … numbers of U.S. older adults are at risk of intensifying heat exposure. Population aging and rising temperatures are … Florida, and parts of the rural Midwest. Increases in heat exposure by 2050 will be especially steep in …
… The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused climate change puts … United States—are disproportionately exposed to extreme heat. Lacking, however, are insights into fundamental … current exposure to climate inequities like intra-urban heat. Here, it is explored the relationship between …
… This paper explored residents' heat-related health and well-being outcomes, heat vulnerability, and recommended adaptation strategies in … estimated that a multiday blackout event during a heat wave would more than double the rate of heat-related …