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Displaying 195 of about 7452 results… By William H. Calvin Heat waves are the leading cause of weather-related deaths … Today I’m wearing my physiologist’s hat and asking: How do heat waves kill? We can take the heat – usually Thanks to our … but none so severe as the Chicago high-humidity heat wave in 1995 that killed 739 people in a week. Normally …
… Europe was praised for being exceptional during the first wave of the pandemic. By introducing very strict prevention … explained by culture , with success in limiting the first wave being down to a mentality of fear and readiness to … era. But if these factors were at play in the first wave, they haven’t had the same effect in the second. Eastern …
… articles published through May 2012. Issues addressed: (i) heat waves: the details; and (ii) heat waves and wild fires. … A report about the current … articles published through May 2012. Issues addressed: (i) heat waves: the details; and (ii) heat waves and wild fires. …
… populations, and practical interventions into occupational heat health in Europe, Central America and Vietnam. The … populations, and practical interventions into occupational heat health in Europe, Central America and Vietnam. The …
… The 2017 Heat Action Plan is a comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in Ahmedabad. The Plan presents immediate and … coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations. The 2017 Heat Action Plan …
… 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 …
… the Moken of the Andaman Sea because they knew the tidal wave was coming. These nomads have a legend about the Laboon, the “wave that eats people”. According to ancient lore, before the … of cicadas is silenced as happened before the 2004 tidal wave. One member of the Moken noticed the silence and warned …
… are approaching the highest levels seen during the second wave in late January 2021. There are now close to 22,000 … remain much lower than during the peak of Mexico’s last wave. By early August 2021, more than 400 people were dying … since February 2021, which is helping to stem the third wave, but less than 40% of Mexico’s 128 million people have …
… [...] "Rapid rises in heat gain due to exposure to hotter than average conditions … and can result in a cascade of illnesses, including heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heatstroke , and hyperthermia," the World …
… Using the PerilAUS archive of heat-related fatalities in Australia, this paper proposes to … 466 events in south-east Australia using the Excess Heat Factor and the newly developed heatwave categories. … staff in local communities can handle the projected heat-related hospitalisations during extreme heat events. …
… ceremonies is also banned. The government says the heat has killed more than 300 people, including 219 in southern Telengana State. A heat wave in India last May was responsible for at least 2,248 …
… This brief describes the details of heat action plans launched in 2016 in Nagpur, Odisha and … coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations. Cities and regions across … 2013, Ahmedabad became the first city to implement a heat wave early warning system and preparedness plan in South …
… 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 …
By Jon-Patrick Allem, Assistant Professor of Research, University of Southern California
Over the past few weeks, misinformation about the new coronavirus pandemic has been spreading across social media at an alarming rate. One video that went viral claimed breathing hot air from a hair dryer could treat COVID-19. A Twitter post touted…
… 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 …