Sentences with phrase «incidence of extreme heat»

Not exact matches

Human influence is discernible also in some extreme events such as unusually hot and cold nights and the incidence of heat waves.

It's the tie that binds and while the global average temperature is the defining metric, the increasing incidence of heat waves and longer lasting extreme heat is how the world will experience it.

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.

This guidance document underscores that: poor people are already at risk from climate - related shocks, including crop failures from reduced rainfall, food prices spikes after extreme weather events, and increased incidence of diseases following heat waves and floods.

I'm hoping that this blog may illuminate the scientific foundations of the claim that global warming will increase the incidence of extreme weather events such as the Pakistani floods or the Russian heat wave.