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Displaying 15 of about 202 results… Project on climate attribution science following the heat wave in Phalodi, Rajasthan, India, 19 May 2016. An analysis … human-induced climate change had contributed to the heat wave event and to inform decision-makers whether such …
… 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 …
… Seeking climate change clues in sizzling heat Scientists have confirmed that human-caused climate … from lodgings. In France, Switzerland and the Netherlands heat wave plans were triggered. England observed its hottest June …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… to reverse the long term warming trend as a result of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. 2018 is so far the warmest La Niña year on record. August capped an extended spell of heat for Europe, accompanied by droughts, heatwaves and … after a warm and dry late spring, with a large number of heat records in Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic, along …
… Recent marine heat waves have caused devastating impacts on marine … in understanding past and future changes in marine heat waves and their risks for marine ecosystems is needed to … manner. There is overwhelming evidence that atmospheric heat waves over land are changing under global warming, …
… 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 …
… iconic vistas of the Grand Canyon. But some park visitors’ heat-related health risks are on the rise. In a recent study , scientists estimated that the rate of heat-related illness among visitors to Grand Canyon National … coming decades as climate change continues to bring the heat. The study provides a useful example of the risks that …
… 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 …
… 4.1 billion people in global South potentially exposed to heat stress at home Need for affordable, efficient cooling … Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are vulnerable to heat-related stress, and lack access to technology to cool … has important implications for reducing the risk of heat-related deaths and dysfunction and improving the …
… to a systematic underestimation in the frequency of heat days. The error is based in the previously unnoticed … A commonly used method to define extremes such as heat days takes the adaptation to local conditions into … Antarctica, allowing for a comparison in the occurrence of heat days between these climatically diverse regions. In the …
… Niño and human-caused global warming. With 93% of excess heat stored in the oceans, ocean heat content down to 2 000 meters also hit a new record. … set yet more new monthly temperature records, with the heat especially pronounced in the high northern latitudes. …
… I were to tell you that there were nearly 2,800 cases of heat-related illness among active-duty members of the US … at home in the US, thousands of servicepeople suffer from heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion and heat stroke every year, and the problem …