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Displaying 13 of about 13 results… Brown Even with climate mitigation measures, the summer heat in Mecca will threaten the lives of many thousands of … will soon be in severe danger of death from the extreme heat in years when the Hajj takes place in mid-summer, … spend more than a week on the pilgrimage in unrelenting heat. The dates for the Hajj are fixed by the lunar cycle, …
… for sand and dust storms. But climate experts say rising heat coupled with decades of poor water management and … for sand and dust storms. But climate experts say rising heat coupled with decades of poor water management and …
… and infrastructure; and a combination of increasing heat and humidity levels may ultimately render the kingdom … Jeddah — in both August and November, and a rising August heat index (high heat and humidity) that particularly threatens regional …
… 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 …
… U.S. National Weather Service defines an extreme danger heat stress threshold which is approximately equivalent to a … climate change with and without mitigation will elevate heat stress to levels that exceed this extreme danger … adaptation measures will be required during years of high heat stress risk. … The Muslim pilgrimage or Hajj, which is …
… Iraq, Kuwait and Oman - the immediate risk of soaring heat and humidity overshadows the distant threat of rising … to fail.” Wet bulb temperature measures the combination of heat and humidity to determine how well the body can cool … Iraq, Kuwait and Oman - the immediate risk of soaring heat and humidity overshadows the distant threat of rising …
… Risks of deadly heat stroke to millions of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims during … between 1.5°C and 2°C makes a big difference in terms of heat stress risk posed to Muslims carrying out religious … the so-called wet bulb temperature as an indicator of heat stress, which takes into account temperature and …
… experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as heat wave and flood, also presents national institutional and … experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as heat wave and flood, also presents national institutional and …
… that the tsunami simulations correspond well with data on wave height, inundation and damage reported from the actual … coastal town on the gulf. The tsunami reached its greatest wave height—three to four meters at the Nuweiba harbor —and … concluded, for instance, that the peak three to four-meter wave height in Nuweiba Harbor may have been a local …
… rain, strong dusty winds, heavy fog, cold waves, heat waves and intermediate rains, as reported by the Saudi … rain, strong dusty winds, heavy fog, cold waves, heat waves and intermediate rains, as reported by the Saudi …
… wellbeing. In 2017, 153 billion hours of work was lost to heat . By mid-century, extreme heat is expected to reduce GDP per capita by up to 50 … part of their implementation of the Montreal Protocol. As heat waves become increasingly common, costly, and lethal, …
… these Arab states, being shocked with an extreme icy cold wave not seen in a century is one example of how climate risk … these Arab states, being shocked with an extreme icy cold wave not seen in a century is one example of how climate risk …
… Gulf, changes in the weather and wind forces may alter the wave climate. In the Persian Gulf, it appears that under a … warming causing melting ice and ocean expansion due to heat accumulation. INFLUENCE OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON EXTREME SEA … and intensification of extreme events such as heat waves and drought, affect production variability with a …