Sentences with phrase «impacts of extreme heat»

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

Observed and projected increase in temperatures has sparked concern about the growing public health and economic impacts of extreme heat.

Li, B., S. Sain, L. O. Mearns, H. A. Anderson, S. Kovats, K. L. Ebi, M. Y. V. Bekkedal, M. S. Kanarek, and J. A. Patz, 2012: The impact of extreme heat on morbidity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Matt Damon investigates the impact of extreme heat and heat waves on human health and mortality.

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The council also passed legislation Wednesday that will force the city to study the impacts of extreme weather, including severe heat, rain storms and coastal flooding, to help better prepare the city for the next Hurricane Irene.

Lonsdaleite forms only under the extreme pressure and heat accompanying meteorite impacts, while wurtzite boron nitride is a by - product of intense volcanic eruption.

Rising seas, increased damage from storm surge and more frequent bouts of extreme heat will have «specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity,» it says.

It speaks eloquently of stewardship of God's creation and care for the poor, those already affected by the exacerbating impacts of climate change on droughts, floods, heat waves, hurricanes and other extreme weather.

While the number of extreme - heat days projected for that region was even worse than for South Asia, Eltahir says the impact in the latter area could be vastly more severe.

Dr Li said the latest research findings give a better understanding of changes in human - perceived equivalent temperature, and indicate global warming has stronger long - term impacts on human beings under both extreme and non-extreme weather conditions, suggesting that climate change adaptation can not just focus on heat wave events, but should be extended to the whole range of effects of temperature increases.

Key weather and climate drivers of health impacts include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and changes in precipitation patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem changes (Ch.

Changing climate patterns have had considerable impact in Texas in recent years in the form of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, extreme heat.

The signature effects of human - induced climate change — rising seas, increased damage from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme heat — all have specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing economic activity.

Further, if extreme heat events increase substantially, impacts will be negative regardless of water availability.

The impacts of extreme weather events include illness or death as a result of heat stress, injuries, drowning, air and water contamination, and mental health effects.

«For the United States, climate change impacts include greater threats of extreme weather events, sea level rise, and increased risk of regional water scarcity, heat waves, wildfires, and the disturbance of biological systems,» the updated 2016 letter says.

So in this sense, the 2002 drought and associated heat waves were more extreme than the earlier droughts, because the impact of the low rainfall was exacerbated by high potential evaporation (Karoly et al., 2003; Nicholls, 2004).

Three of these videos, «Americans on the Front Lines of Climate Change,» deal with impacts being felt by people around the country: A fire chief in Colorado talking about wildfires; a father - son rancher family in West Texas talking about extreme heat and agriculture; and two first cousins and fifth - generation oyster farmers in Washington state speaking about ocean acidification.

This loss is exacerbated by the intensifying Climate Destabilization (reportedly reflecting the start of the «Albedo Loss» feedback due to the decline of Arctic sea - ice and ice caps) which is suppressing subsistence farm yields and some commercial farm yields on a random basis by the impacts of extreme droughts, storms, floods, and heat and cold waves.

Given that impacts don't scale linearly — that's true both because of the statistics of normal distributions, which imply that (damaging) extremes become much more frequent with small shifts in the mean, and because significant breakpoints such as melting points for sea ice, wet - bulb temperatures too high for human survival, and heat tolerance for the most significant human food crops are all «in play» — the model forecasts using reasonable emissions inputs ought to be more than enough for anyone using sensible risk analysis to know that we making very bad choices right now.

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.

Yesterday the World Meteorological Organisation published its Annual Statement on the Climate, finding that «2013 once again demonstrated the dramatic impact of droughts, heat waves, floods and tropical cyclones on people and property in all parts of the planet» and that «many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human - induced climate change.»

Impacts from recent climate - related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability (very high confidence).

Climate Central is a credible source of climate change news and analysis, as well as a range of videos, graphics and mapping tools that visualize local impacts like heat, extreme weather, and sea level rise.

Nitschke, M., G. R. Tucker, A. L. Hansen, S. Williams, Y. Zhang, and P. Bi, 2011: Impact of two recent extreme heat episodes on morbidity and mortality in Adelaide, South Australia: A case - series analysis.

(Present extreme heat, drought, and lengthening of the hot season is consistent with the expected impacts of human forced climate change to India.

Older people are at much higher risk of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious diseases; 257 limited mobility among older adults can also increase flood - related health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden of chronic health conditions, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk of health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability of some foods will exacerbate current dietary inequalities and have significant health ramifications for the poorer segments of our population (Ch.

Impact of two recent extreme heat episodes on morbidity and mortality in Adelaide, South Australia: A case - series analysis

Key weather and climate drivers of health impacts include increasingly frequent, intense, and longer - lasting extreme heat, which worsens drought, wildfire, and air pollution risks; increasingly frequent extreme precipitation, intense storms, and changes in precipitation patterns that lead to drought and ecosystem changes (Ch.

The role of climate change in causing extreme heat waves, drastic rainfall, negative impacts on human health and threatened food security have received more attention recently than megadrought.

The Asian region also faces a range of climate impacts, including extreme heat, imperiled drinking water resources, and accelerated sea - level rise, which can lead to widespread population displacement, food insecurity, and costly damage to coastal cities and towns.

The authors note that many impacts of climate change are already visible, from the shrinking ranges of some species to the frequency of extreme heat waves.

It finds many significant climate and development impacts are already being felt in some regions, and in some cases multiple threats of increasing extreme heat waves, sea level rise, more severe storms, droughts and floods are expected to have further severe negative implications for the poorest.

From sea level rise to heat waves, from extreme weather to disease outbreaks, each unique challenge requires locally - suitable solutions to prepare for and respond to the impacts of global warming.

The suit projects an increase in deaths from heat waves, flooding from extreme weather that would impact the city's water supply system, increasing frequency of droughts that would diminish water to upstate New York reservoirs, and catastrophic flooding from rising oceans.

Other major climate impacts at 2 degrees Celsisus include severe threats to coral reefs across the globe, a greater risk of long lasting heat waves and extreme rainfall events, and the risk of lower yields for key crops like wheat in the globe's tropical regions.

For the United States, climate change impacts include greater threats of extreme weather events, sea level rise, and increased risk of regional water scarcity, heat waves, wildfires, and the disturbance of biological systems.

The impacts of this warming are already being seen through increases in extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts, and extreme flooding events, which the assessment will highlight.

Communities around the world are feeling these impacts in the form of extreme weather, record drought, heat waves, floods and more.

People are already experiencing the impacts of climate change through slow onset changes, for example sea level rise and greater variability in the seasonality of rainfall, and through extreme weather events, particularly extremes of heat, rainfall and coastal storm surges.

The scope and impacts of climate change — including rising seas, more damaging extreme weather events, and severe ecological disruption — demand that we consider all possible options for limiting heat - trapping gas emissions — including their respective costs and timelines for implementation.

-- I have listed the «catastrophic results» that are projected to occur, according to IPCC AR4 WG1 SPM, pp. 8 and 13: temperature increase of up to 6.4 °C, heat waves, floods, droughts, increased intense tropical cyclones, extreme high sea level, as well as some of the secondary impacts, which IPCC projects in WG2, WG3: crop failures, disappearing glaciers now supplying drinking water for millions, spread of vector diseases, etc..

As Australia saw temperatures in excess of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, as kangaroos collapsed and 100,000 bats fell from the sky due to extreme heat — many dying on impact and the rest perishing slowly — we in Tennessee rushed to insulate pipes and set up emergency shelters.

A small increase in global mean temperature actually increases the number of hot and extreme heat days per year, which can have strong negative impacts on crop production.

Impacts on agriculture and ecosystems may themselves stem from extreme events like heat waves or droughts, from other forms of climate variability, or from changes in mean climate conditions like generally higher temperatures.

Impacts from recent climate - related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability (very high confidence)-LSB-...] Risks are amplified for those lacking essential infrastructure and services or living in poor - quality housing and exposed areas

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.

For poorer nations, that means money to finance the costly shift to renewable energy technologies and help deal with ongoing impacts of a warming world, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires, extreme weather, rising sea level, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss.

If the energy comes from fossil fuels — oil, coal, and natural gas — we would see air pollution harming our health, extreme heat, drought, sea - level rise, and other climate impacts caused by carbon pollution, and we would see the disproportionate impacts on communities of color, low - income communities, and tribal communities.

Anticipated changes include melting glaciers and polar ice, more extreme precipitation events, agricultural impacts, wildfires, heat waves, increased incidence of some infectious diseases, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and increased hurricane intensity.