A team of scientists has identified two major ways to dramatically minimize the mortality
rate from extreme heat exposure.
The pilgrimage demands prolonged outdoor observance, and under such conditions the elderly and the already frail could also be increasingly at
risk from extreme heat and rising humidity.
The issue returned to the spotlight earlier this month when it emerged that 2400 sheep
died from extreme heat during a voyage from WA to the Middle East in August 2017.
The problems resulting from the ensuing carbon overload
range from extreme heat, droughts, and storms to acidifying oceans and rising sea levels.
Sorghum crops across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales can expect no
reprieve from the extreme heat with forecasters saying high temperatures are set to continue into next week.
Jones says that according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 650 to 700 Americans die each
year from extreme heat.
The findings, published in The Lancet, also reveal that deaths due to moderately hot or cold weather substantially exceed those
resulting from extreme heat waves or cold spells.
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.
To help wildlife, the report calls for habitat restoration and wildlife management approaches that can help shield
species from extreme heat, such as stream - shading vegetation to help cool waters and protect fish.
Water - cooled models use engine coolant to keep lubricating oil cooler, avoiding possible oil coking (destructive distillation of engine oil)
from the extreme heat in the turbine.
The animal shelter has been helping all of the homeless shelter dogs
escape from the extreme heat — thanks to the support of the local community, dogs who are confined to kennel runs at the facility get to cool down thanks to their own personal pools which have been donated by area residents.
In Australia, the extreme events are bushfires, which
come from extreme heat and wind at the same time, and are probably more linked to temperature than cyclones.
Even if emissions are drastically cut — and 195 nations promised to do just that at the Paris climate conference last December − the
dangers from extreme heat remain high.
Solutions presented by the selected startups ranged from deriving
power from extreme heat to an ice thermal energy storage system, and from energy generated by waves to an energy marketplace.
Mortality data from 1979 - 2002 death certificate records show twice as many deaths directly from extreme cold than for
deaths from extreme heat, 8 times as many deaths as those from floods, and 30 times as many as from hurricanes.
Scientists warn that even a modest rise in average global temperatures will put millions of city dwellers at greater
risk from extreme heat.
The risk of
dying from extreme heat has declined for decades and by now «this should be rather unsurprising as it has been demonstrated over and over again,» they said.
To help avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change,
ranging from extreme heat, droughts, and storms to acidifying oceans and rising sea levels, the United States must play a lead role and begin to cut its heat - trapping emissions today — and aim for at least an 80 percent drop from 2005 levels by 2050.
During storage, please make sure that your flooring is well
away from extreme heat (radiators) and moist areas (recently plastered walls, damp basements etc).
One special note concerning bulldogs: they can not regulate their own body temperature well and must be
protected from extreme heat and cold.
Heat shields, or aeroshells, protect spacecraft — and those on board —
from the extreme heat and pressure of entering an atmosphere at high speed.
Check out the tinted windows and protect
yourself from extreme heat.
The shade will protect
them from the extreme heat of the day.
1.2.1 Illness and death
from extreme heat.
Surat, India and Semarang, Indonesia are both coastal cities with small rivers, but the risks they face vary tremendously —
from extreme heat to flooding to land subsidence.
From extreme heat and powerful storms to related public health and food security concerns, this world leader is far from invulnerable to the impacts of our warming world.
LONDON, 3 April 2017 — The area of the world, and the numbers of city dwellers, exposed to serious risk
from extreme heat will multiply later this century even if the world's nations keep their promise and contain global warming to 2 °C or less, according to new research.