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Displaying 15 of about 215 results… 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 …
… 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 …
… winter tourism in the alps. Climate change is raising the heat in mountain regions more drastically than in other areas … the Tyrolean economy. “Snow is not known to tolerate much heat. Low-lying ski resorts had always feared for the future … winter tourism in the alps. Climate change is raising the heat in mountain regions more drastically than in other areas …
… To inform future preparedness and responses to extreme heat in the UK, this evidence report evaluates the current policy response to extreme heat, shares lessons from the experiences of decision-makers … and recommends that the Government develops a new Heat Risk Strategy. The UK experienced five heatwave periods …
… measures that must be taken for people’s protection. The “heat alert” system classifies heat waves into four categories and informs citizens to … measures that must be taken for people’s protection. The “heat alert” system classifies heat waves into four categories …
… addresses the regional patterns of climate change, such as heat extremes, extreme precipitation, droughts, tropical … and sea-level rise. Building on earlier Turn Down the Heat reports, this new scientific analysis examines the … addresses the regional patterns of climate change, such as heat extremes, extreme precipitation, droughts, tropical …
… are rising , but there are fewer deaths linked to extreme heat. As the epidemiologist Julio Díaz, 61, points out, “it … by around 0.4ºC every decade, so is the threshold at which heat kills – currently by 0.6º C per decade. “It’s taking … to die,” he says. [...] “In 2003 there was a brutal heat wave,” says Díaz, indicating the turning point. “In Spain, …
… adaptation needs Growing threats range from extreme heat to coastal erosion Future costs will rise substantially … and finance, calling many of the risks "unprecedented". HEAT-RELATED DEATHS The threats have risen substantially in … preparing for the possibility of regular 40C summer heat has been harder, even as heat records are broken, most …
… cover in Western Russia enhanced the likelihood of summer heat waves in Europe and Northeast Asia in recent years. … on human health, agriculture, and natural environments. A heat wave — a spell of hot days with the mercury rising much …
… Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The effects rising heat has on vulnerable workers in Southeast Asia is the focus … National University of Singapore (NUS), will examine how heat stress impacts outdoor and indoor workers, including … said Jason Lee, the lead researcher. The project, titled Heat-Safe, views heat as a "complex socio-environmental …
… was unusual, scientists said, but they stressed that such heat was unlikely to materialise. As the days passed, … on higher temperatures – and the likelihood of seeing 40C heat in the UK rose steadily. The UK Met Office implemented … a full six days before the heatwave struck – the earliest heat warning that it has ever released. And, by 15 July, the …
… temperature of 22C due, in part, to the trapping of heat within the city. This is known as the “urban heat island effect”. Urban heat islands (UHIs) are urban areas that are warmer than …
… drought in those regions, exacerbating the impacts of the heat on agriculture which is already threatened by an … year, an average of 262, 250, and 116 people die from heat-related illness in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, … acclimatisation of the population, lower preparedness for heat (e.g. people have not yet brought out fans or A/Cs from …
… Heat stress and forest fires are often considered highly … concurrent hazards, exemplified with, but not limited to, heat stress and fire danger. It uses the combined heat and forest fire event that affected Europe in June 2017 …
By Helena Smith
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Decades of reckless urban planning are catching up with the city. Pollution, densely packed neighbourhoods and traffic congestion – byproducts of an uncontrolled building spree that began in the 1950s – are still evident today.
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The Greek capital has been singled out in studies on the risks posed by climate change. An anal…