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Displaying 15 of about 123 results… 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 …
… Athens. Now Freetown has appointed Africa's first chief heat officer, a mother on a mission to shield her city and … as she did as a small girl, stepping out without fear of heat stroke. "Climate change is a global issue, just like … said Kargbo. Kargbo is already steering a range of anti-heat initiatives, from tree planting to waste collection and …
… precipitation, 11; drought, 9; extreme wind, 9; cold wave, 9; sea level rise, 6; heat wave, 6; storm surge, 6; and change in biodiversity, 3." … 9; extreme wind, 9; cold wave, 9; sea level rise, 6; heat wave, 6; storm surge, 6; and change in biodiversity, 3." …
… as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; … earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; …
… and considers more specifically the risks associated with heat wave, mudflow, landslide, flooding and avalanche, as well as … and considers more specifically the risks associated with heat wave, mudflow, landslide, flooding and avalanche, as …
… "no longer optional", she noted. Earthquakes, floods, a heat-wave and cold-wave were among the 373 natural disasters … in Haiti killed over 222,500 people in January, and a heat wave in the Russian summer caused around 56,000 …
… to climate-induced disasters, such as cyclone, flood, heat wave, drought and heavy rainfall induced landslide. For each … to climate-induced disasters, such as cyclone, flood, heat wave, drought and heavy rainfall induced landslide. For …
… flooding, sea-level rise, rainfall-induced landslides, heat wave and drought, by considering five dimensions: physical, … flooding, sea-level rise, rainfall-induced landslides, heat wave and drought, by considering five dimensions: …
… communities. The mean summer temperatures during the 2003 heat wave in a large area of the European Alps exceeded the … communities. The mean summer temperatures during the 2003 heat wave in a large area of the European Alps exceeded the …
… Wave height could still be hazardous to nearshore … is much less severe than the preliminary 30-foot-high wave assessment previously issued by an interdisciplinary team of scientists in 2020. The updated wave height estimates come after a months-long effort by …
… could make them worse. Just over 60 years ago, a giant wave washed over the narrow inlet of Lituya Bay, Alaska , … 160 metres and caused a run-up (the vertical height that a wave reaches up a slope) of 524 metres above sea level . For … the number and size of these events. Recent giant wave events Triggered by either an earthquake or higher than …
… was able to wreck such devastation. But a new analysis of wave data by researchers at Brunel University London has … 8.4 or 8.5 to trigger such a large tsunami – at peak the wave reached 11 metres. Secondly, the mechanism of the … “This is confusing as we’d have therefore expected a wave of only 1 or 2 metres from a Sulawesi-style earthquake.” …
… landslide. Researchers come up with models to predict wave runup onto the shore following a landslide on an … challenging part is to account for the nonlinear nature of wave runup and rundown, as well as the complex shelf zone … on shallow-water equations to describe both surface wave generation and landslide movement. Despite a number of …
… or even ice and snow. In this study, three nonlinear wave regimes are identified depending on the Froude … non-linear transition waves at small Froude number. The wave amplitude relative to the water depth increases with … or decreasing function of Froude number. Two of these wave regimes are rationalized by considering that the …
… or the massive public health outcomes of a sustained heat wave illustrate how sensitive the built environment is to … discussing new capabilities in cooling systems during heat waves with an energy stakeholder over a chili dog at the …