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 …

The implementation of carbon neutrality to achieve the goal of controlling global warming in
the Paris Climate Agreement is currently the most important international climate issue …

In June 2021, western North America experienced a record-breaking heat wave outside the
distribution of previously observed temperatures. While it is clear that the event was extreme …

The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused
climate change puts historically underserved populations in a heightened state of precarity …

Heat-related mortality has been identified as one of the key climate extremes posing a risk to
human health. Current research focuses largely on how heat mortality increases with mean …

Using a non-stationary Generalized Extreme Value statistical method, we calculate selected
extreme daily temperature and precipitation indices and their 20 year return values from the …

Summary Background In China, most previous projections of heat-related mortality have
been based on modeling studies using global climate models (GCMs), which can help to …

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74.07 81.48 77.08 55.56 72.22 69.44 5 B 4 38.89 33.33 30.56 61.11 41.67 61.11 2 B 5 …

Combined heat and humidity is frequently described as the main driver of human heat‐
related mortality, more so than dry‐bulb temperature alone. While based on physiological …

Extreme weather events become more frequent and severe due to climate change. Although
energy efficiency technologies can influence thermal resilience of buildings, they are …