We illustrate this approach through a case study on heat waves in Bangladesh, but draw wider conclusions that are applicable to climate services development more broadly.The simulation of heat waves in Bangladesh is evaluated in several climate models, focusing on timescales relevant to the long-...
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 temperature continues to rise, heatwaves in Malays...
Experts said the heatwaves would likely escalate in the coming years due to erratic rainfall and high temperatures, posing a threat to Bangladesh, one of the biggest victims of global warming. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka experienced 40.6 degrees Celsius on April 16 last year, the highest in the ...
Heatwaves pose a serious threat to human health worldwide but remain poorly documented over Africa. This study uses mainly the ERA5 dataset to investigate
Dhaka has experienced heat waves and high temperature lately and in the last ten years, the temperatures in Dhaka have increased by 0.57°C (3 times higher than the overall increase in Bangladesh) and the city endured its warmest temperature (41.2°C) on April 25, 2021 (Abrar et al., ...
This study examines the characteristics of the urban heat island (UHI) in Dhaka, the densely populated capital city of Bangladesh under the influence of the South Asian monsoon, and its interaction with heat waves. For this, meteorological data at Dhaka (urban) and Madaripur (rural) stations an...
There are 237 regions in the dataset, but because of the way, the regions are defined, using political boundaries based on impacts, some areas of the world are excluded. The main areas missed are Armenia, the Balkans, Bangladesh, most Caribbean islands, Belarus, Georgia, Nepal, New Zealand ...
Because of increasing moisture incursions, experts said the discomfort may increase in Bangladesh, which sits on a massive river delta. In recent years, natural disasters such as floods and heat waves induced by extreme weather owing to c...
And the temperatures could exceed the upper limit at a few locations in the Chota Nagpur Plateau, northeastern India, and Bangladesh. In today's climate, about 2 percent of the Indian population sometimes gets exposed to extremes of 32-degree wet-bulb temperatures. ...
South Asia, where one-fifth of the world’s people live, could face summer heat waves that are impossible to survive without protection, thanks to global warming, new research suggests. Hardest hit regions are in northern India, Bangladesh, and southern Pakistan, home to 1.5 billion people. Th...