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Displaying 15 of about 110 results… regions, as well as a smaller number in the south. A heat wave that has hit Chile this week with record temperatures … regions, as well as a smaller number in the south. A heat wave that has hit Chile this week with record …
… design conditions of Bangladesh. However, the impact of wave attenuation by mangroves on embankment designs is not known. A model is thus developed to estimate the wave height reduction by a mangrove forest, and how such wave attenuation would influence the design of a landward …
… By 2070, 3.5 billion people will be heavily affected by heat, 1.6 billion of whom will live in urban areas. Rising … Commission on BiodiverCities by 2030 have produced the Heat Action Platform to provide cities around the world with a roadmap and tools to address extreme heat. In 2021, summer in the northern hemisphere saw a …
… for sand and dust storms. But climate experts say rising heat coupled with decades of poor water management and … for sand and dust storms. But climate experts say rising heat coupled with decades of poor water management and …
… A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the "deadliest meteorological hazard" from 2015 to … people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions. Canada's top weather event in 2021 was British Columbia's record-breaking heat , according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. …
… Soil drought could reduce human death rates during heat waves by lowering air humidity, while cooling strategies … like wetting surfaces could inadvertently intensify lethal heat stress, according to a new study in the journal Science … atmospheric modelling, and meta-analyses of heat wave mortality. “Given the increasing tendency of droughts …
… In late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in history hit British Columbia and the U.S. Pacific … economic, environmental and social vulnerabilities . Heat waves silently roll in with only a shimmer of visible …
… continue to reach over 40℃ for several days. The severe heat has strained healthcare systems across both nations, … as the planet continues to warm, such extreme heat will become more commonplace. This is particularly dire … in northwest and central India . Nowhere to hide from the heat This extended heatwave affected hundreds of millions of …
… followed by dry periods, are becoming the norm. If heat waves and severe droughts are trends that will continue … occurring from short-term drought, such as dry-wet cycles, heat and sunlight breaking down dead material, or … much of Europe experienced a severe drought and heat wave in the summer of 2018. As a result, the low plant cover …
… faster changes and reduced warning for events like marine heat waves and extreme rainfall. The research links this loss … team from the Farallon Institute investigating marine heat waves along the U.S. West Coast. The group wanted to … for mitigation measures to be taken ahead of expected heat wave events. “If this shortens the amount of time we have to …
… have underrated increases in the occurrence of extreme heat events before. And we know that climate change has … . Beyond that, the lines are prone to buckling. Extreme heat is a killer . Heatwaves in Europe in 2003 and in … killed, several more require hospital treatment for heat-related illness . Heat on the rise An international team …
… Dataset measuring full-scale tsunami wave attenuation in mangrove forest wins 2022 DesignSafe … act like a sentinel against hurricane-generated or tsunami wave damage. Their roots intertwine to form a dense thicket … that breaks waves and helps blunt the force of an incoming wave’s energy. A study in the journal Science found that the …
… for at least 3 years. “Last week we were out in the heat wave and it was brutal,” says Eileen Garcia, senior manager … as global temperatures rise and the risk from excessive heat worsens. Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada aim …
… development programmes. Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Heat Waves and Cold Waves, Dengue, JE and COVID-19 have been … cooperation with the private sector. Following the first wave of COVID-19 last year, it became imperative to better … numbers of Incidences for JE, Dengue, Drought, Floods, Heat waves, Cold waves and Cyclone during 1995-2020. 48 …
… There are some ocean conditions which might render extreme heat events more likely. Being able to forecast these … An assessment of the predictive skill of subsurface ocean heat content, a key for successful seasonal predictions, is … upper ocean acts as a “memory bank” by providing long-term heat storage for the region. Our ability to predict seasonal …