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Displaying 14 of about 14 results… Patricia and Norman Frank say extreme heat is changing the daily lives of people who have lived on … is clear. […] … Patricia and Norman Frank say extreme heat is changing the daily lives of people who have lived on …
… Work provides first-hand accounts of dangerous levels of heat stress experienced in a range of occupations – including … several industries, and confirmed that working in excess heat is becoming a more common occupational health and safety … risk. The report documents the negative effects of excess heat on physical health, mental alertness, and stress. It …
… The outside and roof of a building soak up the heat from the sun, but if they are made of materials and … as concrete, stone and asphalt, which store and re-radiate heat. A New Zealand study tested near-identical buildings … white roofs could be a viable approach to minimising the heat taken up by buildings during hotter parts of the year. …
… change is the risk of more deaths from hot weather. Heat stress can exacerbate existing health conditions … more people in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane than the heat. But my research, published in Climatic Change , … deaths related to temperature in Australia are caused by heat. As temperature-related deaths are one of the main …
… the change in probability of a Fire Weather Index, extreme heat or drought as high as was observed in 2019/20 in the … of anthropogenic climate change. As the trend in extreme heat is one of the main factors behind this increase and the models underestimate the observed trend in heat, the real increase could be much higher. This is also …
… Extreme heat in cities poses a significant threat to public health … in people’s yards at reducing day time and night time heat during an extreme heatwave event in Western Adelaide. … decreasing urban land surface temperature during extreme heat. Ambitious canopy cover targets (e.g., doubling of the …
… local land temperatures by up to 5-6℃ on days of extreme heat. Our newly published research into a summer heatwave … in Adelaide suggests that a simple solution to extreme heat is literally at everyone’s doorstep. It relies on the … daytime land temperatures by up to 5-6℃ during extreme heat. The largest temperature reductions were in the hottest …
… This report outlines why working in extreme heat is a growing and urgent issue for workers . It explains the general impacts of heat stress; it discusses recent research on its physical and … four key groups of workers as being at high risk of heat stress: workers who labour inside, in environments with …
… temperature over 25 degrees Celsius. [...] A summer-long heat wave would kill a third of his 415 hectare land, and when it … temperature over 25 degrees Celsius. [...] A summer-long heat wave would kill a third of his 415 hectare land, and …
… global warming, cities already face a problem — the urban heat island effect, whereby inner urban areas are hotter than the surrounding rural areas. Urban heat islands are caused by factors such as pollution, energy … ambient temperatures by 1-2°C. This is a result of water heat retention and evaporative cooling. In addition to …
… the change in probability of a Fire Weather Index, extreme heat or drought as high as was observed in 2019/20 in the … of anthropogenic climate change. As the trend in extreme heat is one of the main factors behind this increase and the models underestimate the observed trend in heat, the real increase could be much higher. This is also …
… large hail in New South Wales. However, due to prolonged heat and drought, the year began and ended with fires burning … national rainfall was below average in every month. Record heat dominates the nation 2019 was Australia’s warmest year … fire danger over 2019 The combination of prolonged record heat and drought led to record fire weather over large areas …
… and increase adoption. One opportunity may be the current wave of government economic stimulus funding in response to … offers several urban greening options, for instance, urban heat island mitigation and storm-water management. Such … disaster impacts (e.g. slope stabilization, reduction of heat island effect, etc.) and their contribution to climate …
… the ocean’s surface. The global oceans have a much higher heat capacity than either the land surface or atmosphere. … increasing greenhouse gases. The related increase in total heat content provides another important way to monitor … the ocean’s surface. The global oceans have a much higher heat capacity than either the land surface or atmosphere. …