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Planning for Extreme Heat

Journal of the American Planning Association, 2022
Extreme heat is the deadliest climate hazard in the United States. Climate change and the urban heat island effect are increasing the number of dangerously hot days in cities worldwide and the need for communities to plan for extreme heat. Existing literature on heat planning focuses on heat island mapping and modeling, whereas few studies delve into ...
Sara A Meerow, Ladd Keith
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Extreme heat episodes and risk of preterm birth in California, 2005–2013

Environment International, 2020
Background: Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality. Identifying potentially modifiable triggers toward the end of gestation, such as extreme heat, can improve understanding of the role of acute stress on early deliveries and ...
Sindana D. Ilango, Meschelle Weaver, Paige Sheridan, Lara Schwarz, Rachel E.S. Clemesha, Tim Bruckner, Rupa Basu, Alexander Gershunov, Tarik Benmarhnia   +8 more
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Extreme heat, preterm birth, and stillbirth: A global analysis across 14 lower-middle income countries

Environment International, 2022
Stillbirths and complications from preterm birth are two of the leading causes of neonatal deaths across the globe. Lower- to middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing some of the highest rates of these adverse birth outcomes.
Sara McElroy, Sindana Ilango, Anna Dimitrova, Alexander Gershunov, Tarik Benmarhnia   +4 more
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Reproductive Costs Increase With Longer Extreme Heat Events in Collembola [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Temperature regimes are changing at an unprecedented rate, leading to more intense, frequent, and prolonged extreme heat events. These conditions can undermine the performance of organisms during and after extreme events.
Anouk Gremion, Madhav P. Thakur, Gerard Martínez‐De León   +2 more
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Exploring Reddit Discourse and Information Needs Surrounding Extreme Heat: Topic, Sentiment, and Engagement Analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundAs Canada’s climate changes, extreme heat events have become more frequent, a trend that is expected to continue. Extreme heat can lead to several negative health outcomes, which disproportionately impact vulnerable populations. Evidence-based,
Melissa MacKay, Soroush Zamani Alavijeh, Sydney Gosselin, Fattane Zarrinkalam, Jennifer E McWhirter   +4 more
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Urban Vulnerability Pattern and Influencing Factors under Extreme Heat Stress in China

Redai dili, 2021
With the ongoing global climate change, extreme heat events have a profound negative impact on the socio-economic development of cities. In this study, through a portrayal of the urban vulnerability pattern of cities under extreme heat stress in China ...
Guo Yuhui, Huang Xiaojun, Zheng Dianyuan, Li Yanyu   +3 more
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Psychotropic prescriptions in the context of extreme heat. [PDF]

CMAJ
Xue S, Rajan A, Kidd SA.
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Assessing the Spatial Variability of Daytime/Nighttime Extreme Heat Waves in Beijing under Different Land-Use during 2011–2020

Land, 2022
Urban land-use affects surface air temperature; however, the impact of urban land-use on surface air temperature, particularly the extent to which it affects the duration of extreme heat waves, remains uncertain and the mechanisms of diurnal differences ...
Xiaokang Su, Fang Wang, Demin Zhou, Hongwen Zhang   +3 more
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Extreme heat: a global call to action. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ
Rakesh A, Sreedharan R, Shumake-Guillemot J, Jacob D, Murray V, Ebi K.   +5 more
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Rethinking extreme heat in a cool climate: a New Zealand case study

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
New Zealand is one of many higher latitude countries where extreme heat is perceived to be a less consequential impact of climate change, by virtue of its relatively cool climate.
Luke J Harrington
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