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Displaying 270 of about 340 results… scenarios and levels of warming. Exposure to unprecedented heat was the main factor pushing people out of the niche. … reflects humidity and is a method used to measure heat stress. That’s because it’s the point at which sweating … map shows where in the world people will suffer the worst heat. Almost the entire area of some countries, such as …
… point that it threatens citizens’ well-being by creating heat-related hazards Results showed that remote sensing can … Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) Urban heat mitigation A B S T R A C T The process of urbanization … process via evapotranspiration, reduction of short-wave radiation (Kim & Guldmann, 2014), emissivity regulation, …
… warming, along with deploying technology that recovers heat from generators to heat water and planting trees to alleviate extreme heat for its workforce. [...] … For Bangladeshi garment and …
… to record summer temperatures in 2022. The burden of heat-related mortality during the summer of 2022 in Europe … in 35 European countries and estimated the number of heat-related premature deaths in 2022 to be 62,862. In that … the use of weekly data would be expected to underestimate heat-related mortality, and pointed out that daily …
… City infrastructure – like roads and buildings – absorbs heat and then releases it back into the city, meaning the … have reached record highs . Almost 90 cities issued heat alerts in the extreme weather over the summer of 2022, … Programme. But cities are learning to tackle extreme heat – sometimes with ingenious solutions. Here are seven …
… mention 40% of total cereal exports — harvests spoiled by heat waves, droughts, and crop disease outbreaks can send … crop land. Around half the world’s wheat crop suffers from heat stress, and each 1 °C increase in temperature reduces … breeders have been working for decades to stiffen wheat’s heat and drought tolerance, long before climate change became …
… in neighboring Syria. Extensive droughts have caused a wave of migration from rural to urban areas in the mid-2000s, … in neighboring Syria. Extensive droughts have caused a wave of migration from rural to urban areas in the mid-2000s, …
… towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) without heat impact assessments. Deadly heatwaves fuelled by climate … factor that would help policymakers consider how extreme heat actually impacts the Indian population. The new study is the first to include a “heat index” to measure the recurring impacts of Indian …
… Andalusia. It is in the south of Spain. There was too much heat last summer in that part of Spain. Life was very hard … plans about how to deal with climate change and too much heat. Make sure that people with disabilities have a real … with people with disabilities to make information about heat problems that might happen and how to keep safe. There …
… Extreme heat fueled by climate change and inadequate government … disabilities in developing a climate action plan.Extreme heat fueled by climate change and inadequate government … of 2022 in Andalusia, Spain. More people face the risk of heat stress and even death as average temperatures increase …
… brief highlights, among its key messages, that evidence on heat-related vulnerable groups has grown considerably in recent years. Heat plans, prevention measures, and emergency measures can … is still limited evidence of the formal evaluation of heat public health interventions and response measures, and a …
… are so high. 1. El Niño One reason for the exceptional heat is we are in a significant El Niño that is still … speculated this cleaner air has contributed to the recent heat, particularly over the record-warm north Atlantic and … only hundredths of a degree at most to the recent global heat. 4. Water vapour from Hunga Tonga eruption On January 15 …
… local government to establish urban forests in flood- and heat-prone areas of the city. These green spaces are building … together to establish urban forests to reduce extreme heat and floods. Urban trees cool the surrounding air, mitigate urban heat island effect, hold soil in place to prevent erosion, …
… regions will be exposed to additional pressures of heat stress, in the form of longer heatwaves and a greater … developmental contexts, shall be exacerbated further by heat stress. This shall adversely affect people’s livelihood, … is highly sensitive to the thermal environment, extreme heat events can increase morbidity and mortality as well as …
… to 9.8 million people—has experienced record-breaking heat waves and steadily increasing average temperatures due … due to higher levels of vegetation, which helps dissipate heat, in higher-income areas. Meanwhile, planting more trees … and Engineering. "Raising awareness about the risks of heat waves, and acknowledging the unequal exposure across …