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Displaying 15 of about 302 results… Scorching summer heat is hard to imagine now in mid-winter Paris, but in six … world's athletes arrive for the Olympics, another pounding heat wave would spell trouble for organizers. [...] Organizers of …
… people died than would normally have been expected as a heat wave gripped Europe’s south this summer, according to … data. Across the Mediterranean, people were brought low by heat of an intensity and duration that is becoming …
… The heat wave in week 30 of 2019 caused 2,964 deaths. This is nearly … more deaths than during an average summer week. During the heat waves in 2006, the number of additional fatalities per … mortality rates. This year, there was a nationwide heat wave from 22 up to and including 27 July. It was brief but …
… The world’s first named heat wave hit Seville, Spain, this week, pushing temperatures past … and earning the most severe tier in the city’s new heat wave ranking system. [...] Zoe is the first named heat …
… team of climate scientists showed that the prolonged heat in Siberia would have been almost impossible without … human-induced climate change. Global warming made the heat wave at least 600 times more likely than in 1900, they …
… At least 2,200 Indians this summer have died in a heat wave, making it the deadliest heat wave in the country, reports Quartz. Those most …
… Without reductions in planet-warming emissions, blistering heat waves of the strength that now typically occur once … land areas by 2075, scientists have warned. And intense heat waves - defined as three exceptionally hot days in a row … Change. The researchers said a worsening of extreme heat could have potentially deadly effects. "Imagine the …
… According to preliminary register data, the extended heat wave of last summer caused around 380 premature deaths. This … daily mortality grew by on average 14 per cent during the heat wave compared to regular rates. The effects were within …
… In the present study, the methodology is adapted for heat waves and is applied in the city of Arad, Romania. Based … as well as a risk matrix for the night- and the daytime. A heat wave risk map was then developed that can be used by the …
… to which S2S climate forecasts could be incorporated into heat-health action plans, to support timely public health decision-making ahead of imminent heat wave events in Europe. Heat waves have been responsible for …
… one third of the American population is under some form of heat advisory. Although it is only mid-June, temperatures are … and more severe because of record concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The WMO co-sponsored Global Heat Health Information Network and the International …
… are chosen primarily to relate to the impacts of extreme heat. This report indicates with high confidence that … are chosen primarily to relate to the impacts of extreme heat. This report indicates with high confidence that …
… articles published through May 2012. Issues addressed: (i) heat waves: the details; and (ii) heat waves and wild fires. … A report about the current … articles published through May 2012. Issues addressed: (i) heat waves: the details; and (ii) heat waves and wild fires. …
… The recent prolonged Siberia heat from January to June 2020 would have been almost … studies. Their analysis showed that prolonged heat like Siberia experienced from January to June this year … Climate change increased the chances of the prolonged heat by a factor of at least 600. This is among the strongest …
… A study examining heat in urban environments has shown that good physical planning reduces the urban heat island effect, making it easier to deal with heatwaves. Knowledge from research on heat in cities from the Hazard Support project has now been …