How likely is an extreme weather event? It is important to note that SSW events are not always followed by severe weather. A Met Office spokesperson told Sky News around 70% of SSW events are followed by a change to cold conditions with easterly winds across northern Europe and t...
However, there is less empirical evidence to suggest whether indirect exposure to climate change through increasing awareness of climate change risks (e.g., due to media coverage), but without direct experience of extreme weather events or other climate hazards, relates to psychological stress (‘...
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Footnote 1Opens overlay That’s a smaller drop than you can expect in cold weather, but it’s still potentially disruptive. Plus, charging and storing your EV in extreme heat can shorten the battery’s life. How does hot weather affect EV range? And how can you minimize the impact? Here...
Most of the literature on emission trading has focused on finding the determinants of carbon price as being influenced by weather (temperature, extreme weather events), other commodity prices (i.e., oil, gas), other carbon markets, industrial productivity, financial marketsFootnote 1 (e.g., com...
Sometimes, the cables or equipment on a broadband network will get damaged or stop working. This could be due to extreme weather, vandalism, wear-and-tear or a number of other factors. It means that the lines that are vital for transferring internet data to your home will be out of opera...
Prior to the late 19th century, most economists believed recessions were caused by external factors, such as wars and extreme weather events. Neoclassical economic thinkers developed the idea of business cycles: alternating peaks and troughs of economic expansion and contraction. Recessions, they ...
Soon cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry in the low latitudes could face at least 72 additional days of extreme heat and humidity a year, reducing meat and milk productivity, and hot weather will affect labour capacity, driving up prices. ...
Furthermore, humidity in one part of the greenhouse might be more or less than the rest, which means that each part of the greenhouse would have different water needs. Finally, changing one of the data points might affect the other data points. In this case, over or underwatering one ...
The Tourism sector, a crucial contributor to Europe's GDP, has recently drawn attention to the prolonged summer and extreme temperature events, such as heatwaves. In countries like Spain, it is predicted to bear negative impact on tourism activities due to reduced thermal comfort (Matei et al...