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Displaying 120 of about 421 results… Humans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a … have already reported a TW of 35°C and that extreme humid heat overall has more than doubled in frequency since 1979. … thus underscore the serious challenge posed by humid heat that is more intense than previously reported and …
… attribution science can help to mitigate future extreme heat events and address the needs of those most affected. Key messages The frequency and magnitude of extreme heat events are increasing in India. This is leading to … communities in urban areas, including dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Climate …
… heatwaves as their high built density absorbs and retains heat, leading to higher temperatures than the surrounding areas and causing the ‘heat island’ effect. India’s northwest region routinely … heatwaves, city administrations must prepare and implement heat action plans and modify cities’ overall planning. … This …
… and railway infrastructures due to an increase in extreme heat corresponding to four different global warming levels … railways have a greater propensity to buckle under extreme heat. The choice of transport construction materials and … a 4 °C global warming level, increased levels of extreme heat in EU + UK cause annual transport O&M costs to rise by …
… and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, this new … in this report are: (i) unusual and unprecedented heat extremes; (ii) rainfall regime changes and water … and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, this new …
… for all high school athletes by mitigating the risk of heat-related illnesses. Implementing robust environmental heat measurements, thorough activity modification guidelines, and venue-specific heat action plans across all sports and venues will …
… prevention, early action, diagnosis, and treatment of heat-related illness among children, including training … and green skills training. … Policy Brief Beat the heat: protecting children from heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia 2Beat the heat: protecting children from heatwaves in Europe and …
… This paper presents the results of a large-scale heat mitigation project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Advanced urban heat mitigation technologies that involve the use of … non-irrigated greenery, were used to design eight holistic heat mitigation scenarios. The paper assesses the climatic …
… triggers toward the end of gestation, such as extreme heat, can improve understanding of the role of acute stress … this study it was examined the association between extreme heat, variously defined during the last week of gestation, … of residence was used to create 12 definitions of extreme heat with varying relative temperatures (75th, 90th, 95th, …
… to increases in tropical cyclone intensity, unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, … to increases in tropical cyclone intensity, unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, …
… how the global warming and the resulting increase in heat stress can directly affect productivity of workers and … for 269 European regions are combined with daily heat stress indicator derived from a set of high-resolution … can reduce damages by 30%–40%. … LETTER • OPEN ACCESS Heat stress, labour productivity and adaptation in Europe—a …
… aims to protect and prepare Ahmedabad, India for extreme heat events, and offers a roadmap to other interested cities and states to adopt their own heat preparedness plans. It includes: i) a fact sheet titled "Increasing Resilience to Extreme Heat Health Risks Across Rapidly Urbanizing India"; ii) a …
… The WHO Regional Office for Europe published guidance on heat–health action planning in 2008, and intends to update … guidance document identified as “core” to a comprehensive heat–health action plan (HHAP), and these are complemented in each chapter with the results of a WHO survey of heat–health action planning in 2019, where relevant to the …
… Heat stress and forest fires are often considered highly … concurrent hazards, exemplified with, but not limited to, heat stress and fire danger. It uses the combined heat and forest fire event that affected Europe in June 2017 …
… Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves. Despite this, no comprehensive methodology has been developed to assess the costs of heat stress on city economies either currently or under … under climate change. Results show that the impacts of heat on the urban economy are highly variable and depend on …