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Displaying 30 of about 140 results… factors that make people in Europe vulnerable to extreme heat. [...] High temperatures make it harder for the human body to shed heat, which can lead to dangerous conditions like heat … without access to adequate cooling. During the 2003 heat wave in Europe, the elderly comprised the largest share of …
… 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 …
… The WHO Regional Office for Europe published guidance on heat–health action planning in 2008, and intends to update … guidance document identified as “core” to a comprehensive heat–health action plan (HHAP), and these are complemented in each chapter with the results of a WHO survey of heat–health action planning in 2019, where relevant to the …
… Severe winters combined with heat waves and droughts during summer in Europe. Those were the consequences as the Atlantic Ocean heat transport nearly collapsed 12,000 years ago. The same … in recent years suggest that the northward oceanic heat transport through the Atlantic Meridional Overturning …
… compelling evidence that loss of life through increased heat stress during heatwaves can be limited if we stabilise … currently around 10 per cent of summers are free of any heat-related mortality, but this research has shown that … future climate change virtually all summers will have some heat-related mortality. Researchers from Bristol who lead …
… the growing risk from another deadly phenomenon: extreme heat. The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, … health conditions. In 2018, the EU recorded 104,000 heat-related deaths amongst older people, over one third of … 2019. Many parts of Europe experienced an exceptional heat wave in June and July 2019, during which many all-time …
… more than 100 million Europeans will typically see summer heat that exceeds anything in the 1950-2017 observed record … with previous studies, which have examined specific heat events in Europe like those in 2003 and 2010 , we … in Europe projected to experience unprecedented summer heat. In a typical summer in the current climate, we would …
… this could result in a rapid rise in the death toll due to heat-related disasters in Europe, which is somewhat more … are much smaller in absolute terms than those from extreme heat, will strongly decrease in all regions of Europe and … the number of people exposed to and killed by extreme heat. Limiting warming to 1.5°C could reduce the number of …
… soaring to levels unseen since 1500. The unrelenting heat resulted in significant loss of life among vulnerable … to agriculture across the region. At the time, deadly heat waves were nothing new: Just eight years earlier, more … a global wakeup call, shifting public perception of heat waves from underperceived risk to a real and …
… — both in the overall summer temperatures and in the heat wave dubbed Lucifer,” said Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, senior … Europe, there is now a one in 10 chance of seeing a heat wave as hot as we saw during this past summer every …
… precipitation, 11; drought, 9; extreme wind, 9; cold wave, 9; sea level rise, 6; heat wave, 6; storm surge, 6; and change in biodiversity, 3." … 9; extreme wind, 9; cold wave, 9; sea level rise, 6; heat wave, 6; storm surge, 6; and change in biodiversity, 3." …
… which killed over 222,500 people, as well as the Russian heat wave in summer, which caused about 56,000 fatalities made … which killed over 222,500 people, as well as the Russian heat wave in summer, which caused about 56,000 fatalities …
… After the extreme heat that took place in the last week of June 2019, a second record-breaking heat wave struck Western Europe and Scandinavia at the end of July …
… Ben Henley In Australia we know about sweltering summer heat. We all remember the images of burned koala paws , … it’s the real deal and it’s no laughing matter. Extreme heat has hit locations throughout the Northern Hemisphere, in … , Glasgow , Tokyo and Lapland . In the past few weeks heat records have tumbled in a wide range of places, most …
… Central Europe (over EUR 21 billion), the 2003 drought and heat wave (almost EUR 15 billion), and the 1999 winter storm … Central Europe (over EUR 21 billion), the 2003 drought and heat wave (almost EUR 15 billion), and the 1999 winter storm …