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Displaying 15 of about 310 results… Assessing geographic variability in heat wave vulnerability forms the basis for planning appropriate … Given several recent deadly heatwaves in India, heat is increasingly being recognized as a public health …
… 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 …
… Authority (NDMA) rolled out its plans for tackling heat wave this year with a national workshop on Preparation of Heat Wave Action Plan in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The two-day …
… These guidelines aim to facilitate the formation of heat wave action plans among disaster risk reduction stakeholders in India, by providing insights into heat-related illness and the necessary mitigative and …
NEAMWave17: Tsunami exercise to be conducted for the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Sea (IOC-UNESCO)
Following the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the member states of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission requested the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC) to coordinate the development of three n…
Geoscience Australia has welcomed tsunami modelling experts from across Australia for a workshop to develop nationally-consistent guidelines for tsunami hazard modelling in Australia.
The new guidelines, due for release in mid-2018, will encompass the diversity of tsunami modelling approaches within Australia, while ensuring that outputs are consistent…
… 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 …
… Over the last 30 years, increasingly broiling summer heat has claimed more American lives than flooding, tornadoes … and tens of thousands perished in Russia during extreme heat in 2010. The threat is particularly severe in already … of hot and poor parts of rural Pakistan. But experts say heat remains underestimated as a threat by governments, aid …
… This IOM infosheet explores the links between extreme heat and migration and provides an overview of the challenges … assesses the links between climate change-induced extreme heat and migration, and suggests addressing the challenges … turn influence the migration of people. Indeed, increasing heat related to climate change is likely to result in more …
… 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 …
… risk linked to the geology of lake and will show “The Wave” at the Empire cinema as part and in collaboration of the ONU Cine activities. The Wave (Norwegian: Bølgen) is a 2015 Norwegian catastrophe … risk linked to the geology of lake and will show “The Wave” at the Empire cinema as part and in collaboration of …
… than their suburban and rural peers because the urban heat island effect can double city temperatures. LONDON – … Many of the world’s great cities are about to feel the heat. A characteristic of inner cities is that they are … than their hinterland. And when the cost of this urban heat island effect is taken into account, the bills for …
… millet delivers a good harvest index under drought and heat conditions when rice, maize or wheat already have no … derived how the plant can adapt to water deficiency and heat and at the same time keep a reasonable harvest index. … millet delivers a good harvest index under drought and heat conditions when rice, maize or wheat already have no …
… degrees F) by 2100. But that is only part of the story; heat waves will probably become more prevalent, with annual … to 14.4 F) by 2080, according to the study. It is these heat waves that may produce the most problems. Due to warming … may soon have a hard time getting off the ground in the heat of the day. Here, a jet takes off from the Canary …
… Elisabeth Gawthrop New research shows that in Bangladesh, heat wave predictability exists from a few days to several weeks … save thousands of lives. In the United States, extreme heat events have killed more people in the last 30 years than …