doi:10.1001/jama.2024.16386DEATH rateThis study examines trends in heat-related mortality rates in the US population from 1999 to 2023.Howard, Jeffrey T.Androne, NicoleAlcover, Karl C.Santos-Lozada, Alexis R.JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association...
One of the direct and unavoidable consequences of global warming-induced rising temperatures is the more recurrent and severe heatwaves. In recent years, even countries like Malaysia seldom had some mild to severe heatwaves. As the Earth's average temper
Over the past decade, average annual heat wave frequency has increased by 50% globally compared to pre-industrial averages. Parts of the world are getting hit much harder. Studies show the likelihood of extreme heat waves in India and Pakistan, for example, has increased by a staggering 150 ...
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent under climate change and can lead to thousands of excess deaths. Adaptation to extreme weather events often occurs in response to an event, with communities learning fast following unexpectedly impactful events. Using extreme value statistics, here we show where re...
heat-related deaths, air pollution, and respiratory ailments [180]. The expansion of urban structures and development substantially affects the urban environment and the local climatic characteristics of the region, resulting in urban heat island phenomena. Metropolitan areas with high population density ...
The unprecedented heat resulted in higher mortality than the heatwaves of 2003, causing 5316 deaths attributed to extreme heat and 6738 deaths attributed to moderate heat (Tobías et al., 2022), breaking a tendency of reduced mortality due to heat since 2003 (Achebak et al., 2018). ...
temperature decline at night reduces its water vapour holding capacity and increases dew point temperature. The higher dew point can harm public health even with a lower temperature. Studies showed that most deaths during the European heatwave in 2003 were at night38,64. This emphasizes the assessm...
First, we aim to assess the relationship between 30 heat wave definitions and the first all-cause emergency department (ED) visits during the first year of life for infants living in California who were born in 2014–2018. The first specific-cause ED visits were also examined, including ...
3f). Due to the high expected apparent temperature values these regions are projected to have high number of deaths among people older than 65 years in 205030, without assuming adaptation effects. Note that, as for the heat wave magnitude across these regions, all warming levels show a ...
They result in increased heat stress to populations causing human health impacts and heat-related deaths. The urban environment can also exacerbate heat stress because of man-made materials and increased population density. Here we investigate the extreme heatwaves in the western U.S. during the ...