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Displaying 15 of about 63 results… Covid-19 began to surge in Southern California, so did the heat. In the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, … spaces like shopping malls or movie theaters to escape the heat. But the pandemic closed many of those places. Local … cooling centers open during the near-triple-digit heat wave, including one adjacent to Boyle Heights. But residents …
… Carolina State University researchers found drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities … reduce people’s pollution exposure, except during severe heat waves. “We have known that air pollution … at NC State. “What we know now is that drought and heat waves makes things worse.” For the study, researchers …
… hit less than 10% of its capacity because of intense heat and drought, forcing Brazil’s most populated region to … again and are likely to hit the region even harder. Marine heat waves —periods of extreme ocean temperatures—are … at the increase in the frequency of droughts and heat wave events between 1980 and 2018. “Droughts and heat waves …
… rainfall can affect crop yield as much as excessive heat and drought. In a new study, an interdisciplinary team … expected yield. Data suggest that drought and excessive heat caused a yield loss of up to 37% during some years. The … biology and study co-author. “While drought and heat stress have been well dealt with in the existing models, …
… the amount of extreme weather such as severe droughts and heat waves, which can affect crop yields and food supplies. A … regions of the U.S. and China. The findings predict heat waves that happened approximately once every hundred … 82 degrees Fahrenheit), the plants start to suffer from heat stress. At temperatures over 32.8 degrees Celsius (about …
… started in 2019 and has become worse since. Drought and heat reinforce each other and exacerbate impacts on … natural hazards with thousands of people dying from heat-related causes each year ( IFRC, 2020 ), with early … harvests. It is estimated to have led to an increase in heat-related deaths, with the impacts unequally distributed …
… Although the link between droughts and heat waves is widely recognized, how climate change affects … each climate state, a strong and nonlinear dependency of heat-wave intensity on drought severity is found in water-limited …
… climate change continue to shift weather patterns. Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records last … in real time. Though the drought's impact on that heat wave was modest in general, it increased temperatures by …
… process for severe weather threats and extreme conditions (heat wave, cold wave, drought, storm surge, avalanches, flooding.) … process for severe weather threats and extreme conditions (heat wave, cold wave, drought, storm surge, avalanches, …
… 2020. Research is increasingly showing how drought, heat, and wildfire influence each other. Ongoing … Mankin, Amanda Sheffield, and Isla Simpson Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires are among the costliest and most … in advancing the science of and responses to drought–heat wave–wildfire events. First, feedbacks involved in shaping …
… The 'tidal wave of interest' in building climate-resilient cities is … The "little burbling" of activity turned into "a tidal wave of interest" that is likely to snowball next year, … destructive wildfires, heavy flooding and record-breaking heat waves. … The 'tidal wave of interest' in building … destructive wildfires, heavy flooding and record-breaking heat waves. …
… the impacts of four types of natural hazards (drought, heat wave, wind and flood) on the generation, transmission and … the impacts of four types of natural hazards (drought, heat wave, wind and flood) on the generation, transmission …
… [...] With too many buildings crammed atop too much heat-absorbing pavement, dense cities like Montreal with too … the unfortunate fate of getting even hotter. An “urban heat island” is just as it sounds: Too many humans and human … deadly. Last summer, 66 people died during a Montreal heat wave; 80 per cent of them were not outside in the scorching …
… to trees, which can play a key role in moderating extreme heat. The loss of trees and other plants is especially … ground temperatures significantly, lowering the risk of heat-related illness and death. Despite the … there is gets stressed from drought and then a heat wave comes and it’s like, ‘Boom!’ The lack of vegetation has …
… wide areas and flooded subway stations in China . Heat waves shattered records in the Pacific Northwest , … events. In addition, storm systems are fueled by latent heat – the energy released into the atmosphere when water … Increased moisture in the atmosphere also enhances latent heat in storm systems, increasing their intensity. Research …