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Displaying 15 of about 51 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 …
… This study investigates whether heat-related mortality is decreasing over time, in the … finds that the population has become more resilient to heat over time. Yet even with this increased resilience, substantial risks of heat-related mortality remain. Based on 2005 estimates, an …
… 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 …
… By Jennifer Weeks Oppressive heat across much of North America since the end of June has … the warmest time of year for much of the nation, so more heat waves could develop in the coming weeks. These articles from our archive offer insight into heat wave impacts, and some ways to cope with them. 1. Air …
… How can multifamily buildings prepare for extreme heat? Two things that help are backup generators and … standard can be habitable for up to a week during a heat event with no electricity, he noted, while a normal … How can multifamily buildings prepare for extreme heat? Two things that help are backup generators and …
… 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, …
… executives were sitting in their offices dropping off from heat exhaustion, probably something would be done more … Malo Outdoor workers must be better protected from extreme heat with nationwide regulations to fill a dangerous lack of … The National Weather Service warned this week of a heat wave that was predicted to bring temperatures in Houston, …
… 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 …
… The report, which examined media coverage of extreme heat and climate change from Jan. 1 to July 8, found that … by circulation, a total of 760 articles mentioned extreme heat, heatwaves, record heat, or record temperatures, but only 134 of these pieces, …
… By Brendan Bane The heat is rising. As California battles another round of … predicts that in the coming decades the United States’ heat problem will grow more dangerous and expensive. Even … which groups are most at-risk of dying from extreme heat, projects increases in heat-related premature deaths, …
… 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 …