This paper reviews urban heat (UrHT) challenges following the SBAR (situation,
background, assessment and recommendation) framework. The results indicate that …

A record-breaking heat wave hit the Yangtze River valley during the boreal summer of 2022,
and caused severe social and economic losses. One prominent feature of this long-lived …

The escalating frequencies and intensities of heat waves have become a global concern in
the face of climate change. Cities are increasingly vulnerable to overheating due to the …

Heatwaves are consecutive hot days with devastating impacts on human health and the
environment. These events may evolve across both space and time, characterizing a …

Heatwaves impose serious impacts on ecosystems, human health, agriculture, and energy
consumption. Previous studies have classified heatwaves into independent daytime …

Climate change is expected to result in more frequent and intense heat waves (HWs) in
South Asia (SA). The simultaneous increases in temperature and population will exacerbate …

Based on the observational dataset SA‐OBS and model outputs from the Community Earth
System Model Large Ensemble project, this study investigates heatwaves in Southeast Asia …

Understanding the evolution of heatwaves is important for their prediction, mitigation, and
adaptation. While most studies focused on either their temporal variability at individual …

Increasing occurrence of extreme heat waves poses serious risks to human society and
ecosystems. Past studies generally examined the changes in heat wave characteristics at …

Increased frequency and severity of heat wave is one of the immediate and certain impacts
of rising temperature due to global warming. A number of heat wave related indices …