Sentences with phrase «extreme heat warnings»

Despite these findings, extreme heat warnings continue to garner much attention from the media.

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Climate scientists have long warned that rising emissions of greenhouse gases by humanity may cause weather extremes, and not just heat waves.

The letter, which was spearheaded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warns of the numerous threats posed by climate change — including extreme weather events, regional water scarcity, heat waves and wildfires.

The report, which also warns of major wildlife extinctions and risks to crops from extreme heat, calls for reducing emissions 80 percent from current levels by 2050, which is consistent with the targets in major climate legislation moving through Congress.

Some of the risks of heat - related sickness and death have diminished in recent decades, possibly due to better forecasting, heat - health early warning systems, and / or increased access to air conditioning for the U.S. population.182, 183 However, extreme heat events remain a cause of preventable death nationwide.

If climate change exceeds the temperature target, scientists warn, there is a greater risk that the world's ice sheets will be destabilized, leading to sharply rising seas, and increasing climate extremes such as droughts, heat waves and floods, which could pose daunting challenges for food and water availability for growing populations.

FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, a sign warning of extreme heat is seen on a trailhead at Piestewa Peak in Phoenix.

This warning has been bolstered by subsequent studies, including the World» Bank's 2013 «Turn Down the Heat» report on regional impacts of climate extremes.

Between the heat and the dry vegetation conditions, conditions are ripe for wildfires, which have broken out in multiple states, and Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned yesterday that global warming will mean even more extreme weather events.

The World Bank also warned when it released its report that «we're on track for a 4 °C warmer world [by century's end] marked by extreme heat waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life - threatening sea level rise.»

For example, morbidity and mortality outcomes of extreme heat are strongly determined by a) housing stock and access to air - conditioning in residences; b) existence and efficacy of heat wave warning and response plans (for example, foreign - language - appropriate communications and transit plans to public cooling centers, especially for the elderly); and c) co-stressors (for example, air pollution).

The report — Off the Charts: Extreme Australian Summer Heat — warns of more extreme bushfires and hotter, longer, bigger and more frequent heatwaves, due to climate change.

Some of the risks of heat - related sickness and death have diminished in recent decades, possibly due to better forecasting, heat - health early warning systems, and / or increased access to air conditioning for the U.S. population.182, 183 However, extreme heat events remain a cause of preventable death nationwide.

As reported by Chris Mooney at Mother Jones at the time (now a journalist at the Washington Post), the draft report warned unequivocally that unchecked greenhouse gas emissions would cause the global warming trend to «accelerate significantly,» bringing more heat waves and weather extremes, severe storms, rising seas, devastating floods, prolonged droughts, and more.

Over recent years, teams of researchers have issued general European warnings of rain and heat extremes, and of shorter winters, earlier and more severe floods and greater risks to life and property.

When we put these developments against the harsh warnings of an organization as conservative as the World Bank — that «we're on track for a 4 °C warmer world marked by extreme heat - waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life - threatening sea level rise» — the only reasonable conclusion is that the world has gone mad.

He ominously warns: «Climate scientists are used to seeing the range of weather extremes stretched by global warming, but few episodes appear as remarkable as this week's unusual heat over the Arctic.»

Other researchers have repeatedly warned that heat extremes will increase, both in temperature and in frequency, and in particular in parts of Asia.

Cities are afflicted by the notorious heat island effect, and climate scientists have repeatedly warned that extremes of heat and humidity could rise to potentially lethal levels in many of the world's great cities.

Based on our research, we collaborated with Ahmedabad's city agencies to develop South Asia's first Heat Action Plan in 2013, a comprehensive early - warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat eveHeat Action Plan in 2013, a comprehensive early - warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat eveheat events.

AHMEDABAD (March 11, 2014)-- Building off of last year's successful launch of South Asia's first - ever early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events, the Indian city of Ahmedabad, along with the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar and partners, is developing the 2014 Heat Action Plan to continue its pioneering effoheat events, the Indian city of Ahmedabad, along with the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar and partners, is developing the 2014 Heat Action Plan to continue its pioneering effoHeat Action Plan to continue its pioneering efforts.

Researchers have repeatedly warned that extremes of heat and drought could be linked to conflict and the international refugee crisis.

Scientists warn that even a modest rise in average global temperatures will put millions of city dwellers at greater risk from extreme heat.