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Displaying 4 of about 4 results… behind in efforts to reduce health impacts of extreme heat. Lynée Turek-Hankins of Stanford University (now … at risk of health impacts and death due to extreme heat. Risk may vary between communities according to unique … Index, which applies to all types of disasters; and the Heat-Health Action Index, which identifies areas particularly …
… have been broken across the United States, and extreme heat is expected to continue across much of the Southeast and … populated counties expected to experience extreme heat this week. We find that in more than half of them, a … risk. Those who stay at home during this week’s heat wave but lack air conditioning or the means to pay for it …
… Such decisions have resulted in measurable differences in heat. A recent study found that in more than 100 American … like paved roads or tar-covered rooftops readily absorb heat from the sun. They also tend to hold onto that heat more tightly than natural materials like loose dirt or …
… risk of overheating. These materials absorb the sun’s heat and release it slowly into the building and wider … their windows, filling walls with insulation to prevent heat seeping from the outer walls to the inside of the home, … even in their own homes. That’s why adapting to the heat extremes of the future must start at home too, and …