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Displaying 75 of about 127 results… 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 …
… produced alarming results. Scientists know that extreme heat has a negative impact on the human body — causing … , in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M. Extreme heat occurrences worldwide have increased in recent decades, … assessment of human exposure to rare days of both extreme heat and high PM levels. “Our assessment projects that …
… 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 …
… LONDON - From spray parks in water-short Cape Town to heat-reflecting pavements in Tokyo, cities around the world … adopting innovations to try to beat increasingly deadly heat . But ensuring the measures help those most at risk … as misperceptions about who is most vulnerable and where, heat experts said this week. In New York, for instance, most …
… landscapes — are more regularly exposed to dangerous heat than folks in suburban and rural areas. [...] The rising heat could mean thousands of deaths in New Jersey, according … Shindell of Duke University. Shindell found that excessive heat already kills around 12,000 Americans annually — about …
… Heat-related illness, an environmental exposure-related … (ED), is likely to rise with increased incidence of heat events related to climate change. Few studies … and statistical relationship of social vulnerability and heat-related health outcomes. This study explores …
… aspect of urban life. Protecting populations from extreme heat is one of the key resiliency and sustainability … companion report, Cool City Case Studies: Reducing Urban Heat, provide practical, actionable guidance and examples for … policy makers, and planners tasked with mitigating urban heat impacts. … Cities are getting hotter as a result of …
… Scientists link the warming planet to a rise in dangerous heat in the US, as well as the spread of infectious diseases … helping cities and states adapt to threats like extreme heat. Its climate program, created more than 10 years ago, is … urged public health agencies to fund research on extreme heat and provide health departments with “trained …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… and those with pre-existing medical conditions. Excessive heat is not only an issue for people living in cities but … in aquaculture farms in the Marlborough Sounds. More heat, more rain, less frost In many parts of New Zealand, … ) that simulate winter chilling. Across New Zealand, the heat available for crop growth during the growing season is …
… relief to look forward to: large areas of the planet would heat to barely survivable levels and they wouldn’t cool down … that part of the 3.5 billion people exposed to extreme heat if climate change goes unabated may seek to migrate, but … relief to look forward to: large areas of the planet would heat to barely survivable levels and they wouldn’t cool down …
… 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 …
… The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused climate change puts … United States—are disproportionately exposed to extreme heat. Lacking, however, are insights into fundamental … current exposure to climate inequities like intra-urban heat. Here, it is explored the relationship between …
… Yangyang Xu & Xiaohui Xu The big idea Days of extreme high heat and extreme air pollution are both increasing worldwide. … caused the deaths of nearly 1,500 people . Days of extreme heat and extreme pollution do not often overlap, but our two … a computer model to look at the co-occurrence of extreme heat and extreme air pollution in South Asia . The model …