Extreme Heat Waves, Health, and Welfare in a Changing ClimateMichael WehnerFederico CastilloDáithí Stone
In 1995, more than 600 people died in a similar heat wave in one city--Chicago. To measure extreme heat, government weather experts have developed the Mean Heat Index. It measures the average of how hot it is felt all day on an extremely hot day. Experts say it is the total heat of...
Extreme Heat : A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety 来自 stacks.cdc.gov 喜欢 0 阅读量: 33 作者: Prevention (CDC) 摘要: Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 8, 2004). : Mode of access: World-Wide Web from the CDC Web site as an Acrobat .pdf file (3.14...
Parts of Spain, France, Italy and Greece experienced up to ten days of extreme heat stress in 2023, defined as a "feels like" temperature of more than 46 degrees Celsius, at which point immediate action must be taken to avoid heat stroke and other health iss...
The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centered response in a world facing irreversible harms. Lancet https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01859-7 (2023). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Campbell-Lendrum, D., ...
Preventing heat-related morbidity and mortality: New approaches in a changing climate Due to global climate change, the world will, on average, experience a higher number of heat waves, and the intensity and length of these heat waves is pro... MS O’Neill,R Carter,JK Kish,... - 《Matu...
根据第一段前两句“More than half of Americans have felt the influence of extreme heat on health, according to a survey. That percentage is even higher in California, where heat is the top problem, reported by 71% of those surveyed.”(一项调查显示,超过一半的美国人感受过极端高温对健康的影响...
While there are many different factors potentially contributing to mental illness, heat plays a pervasive role in a wide range ofmental health issues. Taking what steps we can to reduce this burden on those living withmental illnessesmay also have knock-on benefits to the rest of society, such...
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. Particularly in tropical ...
But in extreme heat, these functions can't rid the body of enough heat, and our internal temperature rises, she said. This can lead to a range of heat-related illnesses, from mild ones, such as heat cramps and fatigue, to more serious ones, such as fainting and heat exhaustion, to ...