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Displaying 15 of about 23 results… from Princeton University have found that the urban heat island effect — cities are hotter in the summer than … cities in the Northeast and Midwest during a 2014 cold wave. They found that urban areas stayed warmer than the … extreme temperatures and curb year-round energy use. Urban heat islands have been extensively studied during heat waves, …
… census tracts most vulnerable and most exposed to extreme heat Four Twenty Seven, a California-based climate risk … firm, today announced a new online tool, the California Heat Assessment Tool (CHAT), that projects health impacts of … Seven found that an event equivalent to the 2006 heat wave has a 50 percent chance of occurring two to three times …
… By Christopher Joyce [...] In the U.S., in fact, heat-related illness appears to be declining. [...] The … is driving it, Jeremy Hess, a medical doctor and heat-illness researcher at the University of Washington, says … in the population. He found that emergency room visits for heat-related illness were relatively high in rural areas, …
… This document describes the California Heat Assessment Tool developed by Four Twenty Seven to fill … local jurisdictions to advance the understanding of how heat waves are changing at a local level in California, US. … in California. … This document describes the California Heat Assessment Tool developed by Four Twenty Seven to fill …
… A new study shows extreme heat events both in the summer and in the winter are … The new study found both relative and absolute extreme heat events have increased across the US and Canada since … and his co-author conducted a climatology of cold and heat events, both absolute and relative, for North America, …
… figuring out how to keep so many people from dying of heat-related causes and how to bring down the temperature in … figuring out how to keep so many people from dying of heat-related causes and how to bring down the temperature in …
… might or might not work as we try to adapt to the coming heat. Now a team of researchers led by Arizona State … will provide only a fraction of relief from the projected heat. The researchers looked at the daily interaction between … megapolitan areas. Then they examined a spectrum of heat-mitigating strategies that included street-level trees …
… Human-caused climate change will drive more extreme summer heat waves in the western U.S., including in California and … as early as 2020, new research shows. The new analysis of heat wave patterns across the U.S., led by scientists at the …
… maps that convey useful knowledge on exposure to extreme heat while helping to identify and implement effective … populations – such as people in urban areas susceptible to heat waves – have led to the utilization of maps to depict … of human health to hazards associated with extreme heat, especially the lack of agreement regarding …
… in dormitories without air conditioning (AC) during a heat wave performed worse on a series of cognitive tests compared … cognitive effects of indoor temperatures during a heat wave in a group of young healthy individuals, highlights …
… Heat waves are among the deadliest and most common of … continues to warm due to the buildup of greenhouse gases, heat waves are expected to become more severe, particularly … on temperature, which reduces the severity of a heat wave. In other words, cities with more moisture will cool …
… it the province’s second deadliest period of extreme heat since the summer of 2010 . At the peak of the heatwave, … C) and posted its most extreme midnight combination of heat and humidity. The stifling temperatures continued for most of the week. Quebecers felt the heat. By Wednesday of that week, Montréal ambulance services …
… only 45 days with what have not been considered heat wave temperatures. Such persistent warmth, scientists warn , … that knowledge to try to predict the impact of future heat waves on marine life in the gulf. A hot spot for warming …
… reasons into two main categories: the physical effects of heat on people's responses a change in the opportunities available to commit crime Heat is an irritant and the discomfort it causes might make … shorter tempered. [...] Scientists have hypothesised that heat triggers a particular physiological response that makes …
… or even most news stories about the multitude of fires and heat waves. In part this is because the issue of attribution … 1800s, and over half of the increase is since 1985. Other heat-trapping gases (methane, nitrous oxide, etc.) are also … net energy imbalance at the surface. Trenberth et al 2009 Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere act as a blanket and …