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Displaying 15 of about 30 resultsBANGKOK, 23 August 2016 - Scientists and researchers were today urged to provide "solutions and guidance" so that policymakers are able to effectively address the challenge of escalating disaster risk.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr Robert Glasser, said successive record-br…
… can play in understanding and preparing for intensified heat extremes. Heat extremes like in the boreal summer of 2021 triggered … islands on mortality in Paris during the August 2003 heat wave Environ. Health Perspect. 120 254–9 [14] Mora C et al …
… since April 2023, which is causing unprecedented heat stress conditions in the Caribbean Basin, including … Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. More isolated marine heat wave conditions have been detected off the Northeast U.S. …
… itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like heat waves, up to five days in advance using minimal … — extended hot and cold spells that can lead to deadly heat waves and winter storms. Once trained, the system was … one didn’t cause extreme weather. This one caused a heat wave in California. This one didn’t cause anything. This one …
… Medical Services (EMS) responses to 911 calls for heat-related illnesses and injuries, helping government … centers and additional tree coverage should be focused. “Heat is no longer a silent killer. From coast-to-coast, … in an announcement . Between 2018 and 2022, the rate of heat-related emergency services calls rose from 10.5 to 14.9 …
… Sydney researchers are developing a heat stress scale similar to a UV index, with an accompanying app to help the public handle the heat and avoid the risk of health problems from heatwaves. A pioneering Heat Stress Scale and accompanying app will be trialed in …
… the intensity of the German floods and the North American heat dome. [...] But they say their computers are not … the intensity of the German floods and the North American heat dome. [...] But they say their computers are not …
… released Tuesday shows that such record-shattering heat waves — dubbed virtually impossible without climate … could help communities better prepare for life-threatening heat waves in the future. [...] Temperatures are … of today’s climate to simulate the Pacific Northwest heat wave and found very intense heat waves occurred, but the heat …
… Year after year, record-breaking air temperatures and heat waves are reported nationwide. In 2023, Death Valley, … June—and in July, Southwest states experienced prolonged heat waves where temperatures did not drop below 90°F . This … weather-related cause of death in the United States is heat . To address this growing threat, the Environmental …
… Heat waves over Europe have increased three to four times … states explain almost all of the upward trend in heat waves in western Europe, and around 30 percent over the … of double jets explained about 30 percent of heat-wave trends for the whole of Europe, but in the western …
… to be the world’s hottest year , people are bracing for heat waves around the world. More countries are facing … concern in many parts of the world. To confront this heat and humidity and maintain a thermally comfortable indoor … to meet these standards by pushing innovations across heat exchanger design, inverter compressor technology, and …
… the effects of climate change firsthand. Blistering heat waves have smashed temperature records around the globe … temperature extremes. But the recent pileup of very hot heat waves does have some scientists wondering whether models … has clearly shown. “Climate change is driving this heat wave, just as it is driving every heat wave now,” said …
… 2100, the U.S. will experience more frequent and intense heat waves, especially in Alaska and states located in the … and Southwest. ASU engineers are trying to grasp how heat stresses the body, and they’re using ANDI — a breathing, … mannequin — to do it. “The instrument essentially measures heat load received by an average human body on 35 different …
… Administration through the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) launched Heat.gov , a new website to provide the public and … to understand and reduce the health risks of extreme heat. Heat.gov will provide a one-stop hub on heat and health …
… help protect Miamians from the growing impacts of extreme heat. Among the tools included as part of CAMP is the newest … that demonstrate the dangerous impacts of extreme heat on Miami’s underserved communities. In April 2022, … of their incomes on housing. At the same time, extreme heat is responsible for claiming more lives than any other …