2,3. Europe has seen a particularly strong increase in heat extremes since the deadly summer 2003 heatwave4,5, which is estimated to have caused ~70,000 excess deaths6. This tendency is illustrated by the recent cluster of consecutive exceptionally...
The upward trend of heatwaves in Europe in the past four decades has been three to four times faster than in other areas of northern midlatitudes (Rousi et al., 2022). The excess mortality in the July 2022 heatwave was 16 %, the highest ever recorded: 53,000 deaths more than expected...
Heat conditions in North America in summer 2021 exceeded previous heatwaves by margins many would have considered impossible under current climate conditions. Associated severe impacts highlight the need for understanding the physical drivers of the heat
Regions at lower latitudes, particularly the Sahara in Africa, and India, experience adverse impacts from heatwaves. Developing countries in these areas have borne significant burdens due to climate change and global warming. Thus, in these regions, the welfare costs of premature deaths caused by ...
supply20. Countries like India, China, Thailand, and Laos felt the heat in a big way21. Pakistan also had to deal with a heatwave in June 202422. The Edhi Foundation reported more deaths than usual in Karachi from June 20 to June 25 during this heatwave23. A notable climatic phenomenon...
Heatwave is the deadliest natural hazard in Australia and has disastrous impacts on economic productivity and human health, even leading to human deaths (Coates et al. 2014; Zander et al. 2015). Drought is also considered to be another crucial natural hazard that occurs almost all over the ...
Multiple studies49,50 attributed at least 600 excess deaths to the extreme heat during and right after this event. It is noteworthy that while extreme day-time apparent temperature (an index of the combined effect of temperature and humidity on humans) in the Chicago heatwave is not particularly...
The summer of 2003 was probably the hottest in Europe since at latest ad 15001,2,3,4, and unusually large numbers of heat-related deaths were reported in France, Germany and Italy5. It is an ill-posed question whether the 2003 heatwave was caused, in a s
HVAC systems have positive effects as they can improve thermal comfort (Zhang et al., 2021) and work performance (Marigo et al., 2023) while reducing the risk of heat-related deaths and illnesses (Bouchama, 2007). However, with prolonged use, HVAC systems can also have profound negative ...