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Displaying 135 of about 467 results… residents due to several intersecting challenges. During a heat wave, urban tree canopy and access to nature can be … than areas with an urban tree canopy due to the urban heat island effect . While much of Vancouver enjoys …
… report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves. The danger posed by extreme heat in urban centers—particularly in the global South—defies …
… Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, … wildfires and hot weather.” When wildfires and extreme heat occur at the same time, they magnify air pollution: … smoke increases fine particulate matter in the air and the heat combines the smoke and other pollutants to create more …
… 600 deaths in Oregon and Washington alone. These extreme heat events are increasingly more frequent, longer in … climate change . They are also compounded by the urban heat island (UHI) effect , where urban areas are hotter than … built and operated. Yet, the national perception of heat as a climate risk remains subdued compared with more …
… Extreme heat is a silent killer, and it’s invisible. And that … that we do with floods and wildfires, but extreme heat is dangerous for our health,” she added. “It’s … Proactive measures to protect people well before a heat wave are important, Metz said, because illness and death from …
… construction laborers and trash collectors die in extreme heat, it’s rarely because their employers have broken any … have issued no standards to protect workers from heat-related hazards, even as climate change increases the … Oregon issued emergency standards last month after a heat wave broke temperature records across the Northwest and …
… associations between long- and short-term maternal heat exposure and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The rate … of climate-related exposure, such as environmental heat, with SMM is lacking. In this retrospective cohort … odds of SMM20 Higer odds of SMM20 1 30.5 OR (95% CI) Heat wave OR (95% CI) HWD1 1.32 (1.17-1.48) HWD2 1.41 (1.24-1.61) …
… Record high early summer temperatures, heat-absorbing soot, and diminishing winter snowfall colluded … end of the century. Much of the melting was caused by heat waves in June. The high temperatures were compounded by … coldwater fish. … Record high early summer temperatures, heat-absorbing soot, and diminishing winter snowfall colluded …
… This has implications for when to declare official heat related advisories. The research team analyzed … as part of the ongoing Shading Dade citizen science heat monitoring program launched by Florida International … helps scientists get a more realistic picture of the heat experience in the city. In Miami, heat does not come in …
… unimagined realms. It’s been a summer of record-setting heat across Europe and the United States, including … Pritzker Family Foundation-funded UCLA project called Heat Resilient L.A. Turner is focused on the issue of extreme heat, and how we can address the looming crisis. “Protecting …
… By Monica Allen Extreme heat kills more Americans than any other weather event , but … now and in the future, NOAA’s National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) and partners are … that has empowered many other U.S. communities to map heat in their cities over the past four years. This summer’s …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… climate change affects Americans nationwide. This includes heat. Recently, the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau released estimates for heat that identifies areas across the country that are socially vulnerable to extreme heat. This data comes at a critical time as many parts of our …
… 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 …