Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks

KL Ebi, A Capon, P Berry, C Broderick, R de Dear… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Hot ambient conditions and associated heat stress can increase mortality and morbidity, as
well as increase adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect mental health. High …

Heat waves, the new normal: summertime temperature extremes will impact animals, ecosystems, and human communities

JH Stillman - Physiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
A consequence of climate change is the increased frequency and severity of extreme heat
waves. This is occurring now as most of the warmest summers and most intense heat waves …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Q Zhao, Y Guo, T Ye, A Gasparrini, S Tong… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Exposure to cold or hot temperatures is associated with premature deaths. We
aimed to evaluate the global, regional, and national mortality burden associated with non …

[BOOK][B] The Routledge handbook of research methods for social-ecological systems

R Biggs, A De Vos, R Preiser, H Clements… - 2021 - library.oapen.org
The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a
synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems …

A physiological approach for assessing human survivability and liveability to heat in a changing climate

J Vanos, G Guzman-Echavarria, JW Baldwin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most studies projecting human survivability limits to extreme heat with climate change use a
35° C wet-bulb temperature (Tw) threshold without integrating variations in human …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Humidity's role in heat-related health outcomes: a heated debate

JW Baldwin, T Benmarhnia, KL Ebi, O Jay… - Environmental …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: As atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise, temperature
and humidity will increase further, causing potentially dire increases in human heat stress …

The effects of night-time warming on mortality burden under future climate change scenarios: a modelling study

C He, H Kim, M Hashizume, W Lee… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The health impacts of climate warming are usually quantified based on daily
average temperatures. However, extra health risks might result from hot nights. We project …

Urban heat: an increasing threat to global health

S Tong, J Prior, G McGregor, X Shi, P Kinney - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Urban heat: an increasing threat to global health Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2021;375:n2467 | doi:
10.1136/bmj.n2467 1 BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Urban heat: an increasing threat to …