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Displaying 15 of about 163 results… Cities were the worst hit. Paris implemented a special heat plan, designed to give its inhabitants relief. The plan was devised in the aftermath of the 2003 heat wave that killed 14,000 people in France alone. The city set …
… of climate change. [...] One day in the future, a massive wave of high-pressure air will park over Phoenix. As the sun … scorching summer, the pressure will hold the accumulated heat in place and the triple-digit temperatures will tick up … will drop only to 100. [...] But as the climate changes, heat waves will get worse. Not only is Phoenix one of the …
… census tracts most vulnerable and most exposed to extreme heat Four Twenty Seven, a California-based climate risk … firm, today announced a new online tool, the California Heat Assessment Tool (CHAT), that projects health impacts of … Seven found that an event equivalent to the 2006 heat wave has a 50 percent chance of occurring two to three times …
… at Penn State University, who discussed why humid heat can be dangerous to human health and, in some cases, life-threatening; how heat stresses the body, particularly the cardiovascular … susceptible. W. Larry Kenney discusses the dangers of high heat and humidity. Below are some highlights from the …
… This study investigates whether heat-related mortality is decreasing over time, in the … finds that the population has become more resilient to heat over time. Yet even with this increased resilience, substantial risks of heat-related mortality remain. Based on 2005 estimates, an …
… in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city which becomes more frequent globally due to … to prepare local communities for increasingly extreme heat in the city of Ahmedabad, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. It argues that climate change is …
… Brutal temperatures rage across South Asia as heat resilience expands to new cities and states A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as … Disaster Management Authority has notified 23 heat wave-prone states to develop similar heat protection plans …
… By Christopher Joyce [...] In the U.S., in fact, heat-related illness appears to be declining. [...] The … is driving it, Jeremy Hess, a medical doctor and heat-illness researcher at the University of Washington, says … in the population. He found that emergency room visits for heat-related illness were relatively high in rural areas, …
… Joint Office on Climate and Health’s work on extreme heat. The intern will provide direct contributions to the Global Heat Health Information Network’s technical support unit. … of CHF 1500. Duties Day to day assistance to the Global Heat Health Information Network Technical Support Unit, …
… This document describes the California Heat Assessment Tool developed by Four Twenty Seven to fill … local jurisdictions to advance the understanding of how heat waves are changing at a local level in California, US. … in California. … This document describes the California Heat Assessment Tool developed by Four Twenty Seven to fill …
… policy brief summarises evidence on climate services for heat and health developed through research projects funded by … working with National Meteorological Services to develop heat-health warning systems using daily temperature forecasts. Heat-health warning systems provide timely warnings to …
… for what’s to come By Jeff Goodell [...] Extreme heat is already transforming our world in subtle and … the autobahn because of fears the road would buckle from heat. The U.S. military has already incurred as much as $1 … old, or homeless, you’re more likely to die during a heat wave. Recent immigrants, both legal and undocumented, are …
… Paper by SF State biologist reviews the impacts of extreme heat on humans and wildlife Climate change is often talked … average temperature, it will also intensify extreme heat waves that even now are harming people and wildlife, … the same,” Stillman explained. For instance, a 2003 heat wave in Europe killed more than 70,000 people across the …
… residents of the desert Southwest brace for extreme heat. But this year, heat waves have impacted areas from Seattle to Slovenia that … all over Europe have been sweating over “Lucifer,” a heat wave that caused at least two deaths and stoked forest fires. …
… Fahrenheit WASHINGTON — Increases in potentially lethal heat driven by climate change will affect every state in the … released today. Few places would be unaffected by extreme heat conditions by midcentury and only a few mountainous regions would remain extreme heat refuges by the century’s end. Without global action to …