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15 Μαΐ 2024 · Heat Exposure and Health Risks. Exposure to heat substantially affects human health, in both the short and long term. Heat also indirectly affects health through associated environmental...
21 Αυγ 2021 · Extreme heat events are becoming permanent features of summer seasons worldwide, causing many excess deaths. Heat-related morbidity and mortality are projected to increase further as climate change progresses, with greater risk associated with higher degrees of global warming.
7 Μαρ 2017 · Here we analyze output for three scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions and socio-economic growth to estimate future exposure change taking account of both climate and population factors. We find...
1 Ιαν 2022 · Defining heat waves and extreme heat events using sub-regional meteorological data to maximize benefits of early warning systems to population health
23 Ιουν 2022 · Extreme heat is most dangerous to young children, the elderly, and people with medical conditions like heart disease. Also at higher risk are people who work outdoors, people with no access to air conditioning or other ways to cool down, and people in dense cities, where the urban heat island effect raises temperatures.
7 Οκτ 2021 · Prevention. Heat related vulnerabilities are exacerbated by chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, diabetes, and hypertension and by behaviours such as alcohol consumption, misuse of illegal substances, and inadequate fluid intake. 7 All are exacerbated by social and economic inequality.
12 Φεβ 2022 · Here, we examine the decadal trends of subsequently (or “preconditioned”) compound extreme heat-precipitation events (i.e., extreme precipitation events preceded by an extreme heat) across China during 1961–2016.
