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...
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...
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 ...
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon significantly affects us by exacerbating heat discomfort, increased energy consumption, and urban air pollution. The
Heat waves and heat days in an arid city in the northwest of México: current trends and in climate change scenarios The aim of this work is to study heat waves (HWs) in Mexicali, Mexico, because numerous deaths have been reported in this city, caused by heatstroke. This ... ROG Cueto...
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Concurrent heatwaves and extreme sea levels could pose a serious threat to coastal communities under climate change; however, the spatiotemporal characteristics and dynamic evolution of them along global coastline remain poorly understood. Here, we use r
During the 1988 heat wave, the Heat Index in Chicago was 5°F higher than average over the 1979–1989 period, but the 103°F “dangerous” threshold was never exceeded. Seven years later, in 1995, a heat wave devastated Chicago and caused nearly 800 excess deaths21. This event consisted ...