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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.
28 Μαΐ 2024 · The number of people exposed to extreme heat is growing exponentially due to climate change in all world regions. Heat-related mortality for people over 65 years of age increased by approximately 85% between 2000–2004 and 2017–2021 (1).
15 Μαΐ 2024 · The greatest effect of heat on health occurs with extreme heat exposure, but the effects of temperatures that exceed historical norms are also well recognized.
4 Αυγ 2022 · Extreme heat is one of the more deadly consequences of global warming. It kills people directly, such as those working outdoors. And it overloads energy grids, disrupting electricity...
5 Οκτ 2021 · The straightforward extreme-metrics presented here show that only one decade of additional global warming seriously increases the frequency of heat and rainfall extremes.
10 Σεπ 2024 · Extreme heat accounts for roughly 489,000 deaths globally per year. And, during Europe’s 2022 heat wave alone, more than 60,000 heat-related deaths occurred. More research is needed to understand how those deaths could have also been impacted by exposure to air pollutants.
Heat extremes are already lasting longer and growing in frequency and intensity; extremely hot weather currently considered rare will be increasingly commonplace. 7 Efforts to reduce carbon emissions (climate change mitigation) and alter the long-term warming trajectory of the planet are ongoing. 8 However, given the inevitable rises in global a...
