The compactness of the urban built environment significantly affects land surface temperature (LST), especially during heat waves (HW). However, the mechanisms by which the configuration of key building patches in built environments of varying compactness drives LST are unclear. This study proposes a...
By 2050, Earth’s mid-latitudes could be experiencing extreme heat between 90 and 180 days a year, with tropical regions enduring even more. So how hot is too hot, and what can people do to handle the heat? Carolyn Beans digs into how heat waves affect your body. [Directed by...
Climate changepromises to bring with it longer, hotter summers to many places on the planet. This June turned out to be the fourth-hottest month ever recorded—globally—scientists are reporting. With more heat waves on the horizon, and a big one currently sweeping much of the U.S., the ...
Cities are on the front lines of this public health emergency. People living in urban areas are among the hardest hit when heatwaves happen, partly because ofurban heat islands. This is a phenomenon that occurs when cities replace the natural land cover with dense concentrations of surfaces th...
While the full impact of this year's heatwaves won't be known for some time, 61,000 people died of heat-related causes in Europe last summer. Image:Phoenix sweltered in a heatwave. Pic: AP Experts say governments must do more to prepare for future heatwaves. ...
本文全文摘选自https://slate.com/technology/2021/07/heat-waves-climate-change-body-effects.html,适合改编为高考“阅读理解C篇”,仅供个人学习交流使用。 How Heat Waves Destroy the Human Body 热浪是如何摧毁我们身体的? BY ALEX...
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Over 650 people in the US die every year from preventable heat illnesses. You can take several steps to prevent these illnesses, like heat stroke, from occurring. Here’s what you can do: Keep Cool The best protection to safeguard yourself from heat waves is to stay indoors and have the ...
change. Then, they suggested how often heat waves would happen in the future. The model showed that heat waves in Europe and North America, but also would be almost twice as likely without climate change.It's too early to work out the cost of all that unusual weather. But hundreds of ...
UC: Have we seen an increase in heat illness and heat-related deaths in California as the climate has warmed? TB: It's an interesting question, actually. So we do see an absolute increase in the number of people impacted by extreme heat in California. At the same time, people and socie...