Global urban population exposure to extreme heat

C Tuholske, K Caylor, C Funk… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Increased exposure to extreme heat from both climate change and the urban heat island
effect—total urban warming—threatens the sustainability of rapidly growing urban …

The pace of change of summertime temperature extremes

KA McKinnon, IR Simpson, AP Williams - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Summer temperature extremes can have large impacts on humans and the biosphere, and
an increase in heat extremes is one of the most visible symptoms of climate change. Multiple …

Preventing heat-related deaths: The urgent need for a global early warning system for heat

C Brimicombe, JD Runkle, C Tuholske… - PLOS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Heatwaves are the deadliest weather hazard and people and societies across the world
continue to suffer from heat-related impacts. Future climate projections show a troubling …

[HTML][HTML] Non-linear effects of meteorological variables on cooling efficiency of African urban trees

X Cheng, J Peng, J Dong, Y Liu, Y Wang - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban tree cover is widely regarded as an environmentally-friendly and effective urban
cooling approach. Meteorological variables, including air temperature, wind speed, and …

Climatic conditions and household food security: Evidence from Tanzania

H Randell, C Gray, EH Shayo - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Food security and adequate nutrition are critical for achieving progress toward sustainable
development. Two billion people worldwide experience moderate to severe food insecurity …

The application of satellite sensors, current state of utilization, and sources of remote sensing dataset in hydrology for water resource management

D Abegeja - Journal of Water and Health, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Hydrologists rely heavily on satellite sensors because they provide useful information for
tracking, evaluating, managing water resources, aiding provision of safe drinking water, help …

Robust increase in population exposure to heat stress with increasing global warming

N Freychet, GC Hegerl, NS Lord, YTE Lo… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme heat, particularly if combined with humidity, poses a severe risk to human health. To
estimate future global risk of extreme heat with humidity on health, we calculate indicators of …

High resolution climate change observations and projections for the evaluation of heat-related extremes

E Williams, C Funk, P Peterson, C Tuholske - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Climate Hazards Center Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6
climate projection dataset (CHC-CMIP6) was developed to support the analysis of climate …

Evaluating the potential of Glofas-era5 river discharge reanalysis data for calibrating the SWAT model in the Grande San Miguel River Basin (El Salvador)

J Senent-Aparicio, P Blanco-Gómez… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydrological modelling requires accurate climate data with high spatial-temporal resolution,
which is often unavailable in certain parts of the world—such as Central America. Numerous …

Heat wave trends in Southeast Asia: comparison of results from observation and reanalysis data

XX Li, C Yuan, J Hang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Southeast Asia (SEA), a region climatologically important but limited by data availability, is
suffering from serious scarceness of heat wave (HW) research. Using the observational and …