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Displaying 15 of about 75 results… have hit record highs as the country swelters in the heat wave currently sweeping across much of Asia. Dhaka recorded … at 40.6°C (105.1°F), with meteorologists warning that heat waves like this are becoming more common. The heat also …
… As a heat wave sweeps across Asia, Sri Lanka continues to issue heat warnings to the public as the country experiences much … South Asian countries are scorched by a severe heat wave, the unusually high temperature rise is impacting people …
The Centre has mounted an unprecedented interministerial effort to protect the country’s wheat crop, a winter staple, which faces imminent risks from anticipated heatwaves due to early summer, and has set up a panel to deal with the problem.
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Scores of state-employed farm scientists from institutions, such as the flagship Indian Institute of Whea…
… Heat waves, cold snaps and high levels of fine particulate … attack risk; however, the most dangerous combination is heat and fine particulate pollution, according to a new study … a single Chinese province found that days that had extreme heat, extreme cold or high levels of fine particulate matter …
… to predict the frequency of summertime co-occurrence of heat wave and air pollution in China. The model provides useful … Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Heat wave and air pollution co-occurrence becomes more …
… [....] India already faces dire heat risks and is likely to be the most-threatened country in … population — will be the most at risk for health problems, heat stroke and death, experts say, while wealthier neighbors … periodically publishes death counts related to extreme heat, global health experts say that the country has …
… titled “Building Adaptation and Resilience to Heat Waves,” presents the timely need for the mainstream … implementation of adaptation strategies against extreme heat, especially in the sprawling urban cities of South Asia. … for Greater Focus on Heat Waves in Higher Education; Heat Wave: Risk, Adaptation and Mitigation at AIDMI; Pivots for …
… [...] The searing heat forced many people to seek refuge indoors. But the poor … have no choice but to continue toiling in the sweltering heat to make ends meet and also lack access to cooling … to maintain a stable internal temperature and expel excess heat through sweating could be significantly compromised, …
… lack electricity for cooling. “We haven’t witnessed such heat in years, and we get electricity for around six hours a … using the plastic tray to fan them because of the severe heat.” The more than 2.3 million people living in Gaza need … Relief Fund. “The crisis has provoked an unusual wave of social media protests,” reports Reuters. “Gaza …
… Bihar’s heat action plan contains important strategies but is … Indian states’ responses to the growing problem of extreme heat, experts say Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of … He had a stark choice: lose his income or be exposed to heat that can cause serious health issues – and even death. …
Indian cities, afflicted by rising temperatures and poor air quality, are becoming hot spots of ozone pollution, which has proven a difficult problem to fix.LLutyens' Delhi is one of the most iconic neighborhoods of India’s capital. Home to the country’s parliament, numerous embassies, and a lush, 90-acre Mughal-era park, it’s an architectural paradise,…
… Nature Sustainability , mapping out the impact of extreme heat around the world, should global temperatures rise by … (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over the next 50 years . Extreme heat is classified as the average annual temperature being up … citizens know that the hospitals are full during a heat wave or sand storm but won't give them options for where else …
… Insurance schemes launched for heat, cyclones, drought Value of parametric insurance seen at … in one of the world's first insurance schemes for extreme heat, launched this month by nonprofit Arsht-Rock Foundation … drought or building cooler homes to protect against rising heat, thus slashing losses. This could allow insurers to set …
… the human health impacts, the occurrence of extreme-heat events also has severe socioeconomic impacts. For example, the record-breaking extreme heat event in Europe in 2003, the rare extreme heat wave in Russia in 2010, and a long-duration heat wave in …
… Bangladesh in 58 years last month. As shown by last year’s heat waves that affected over 1 billion people in India and … and frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme heat events pose a climate challenge to deal with now, rather than in the distant future. Heat is also increasingly a pressing problem in cities, as …