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Extreme heat events (EHEs) are periods of high temperatures and humidity that are considered to be unusual for a specific geographic location. For example, in 1995 an extended heat wave in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States was blamed for the deaths of 550 citizens.
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Extreme heat events (EHEs) are periods of high temperatures and humidity that are considered to be unusual for a specific geographic location. For example, in 1995 an extended heat wave in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States was blamed for the deaths of 550 citizens.
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Extreme hypersensitiveness to heat
Journal of Allergy, 1933Abstract A case of extreme hypersensitiveness to heat is described. The outstanding features were: (1) Exposure of the chest to heat from an ordinary forty-watt desk lamp at a distance of one and one-half feet for thirty seconds invariably produced an attack of asthma. (2) An ice bag invariably relieved attacks in three or four minutes or less.
Oscar Swineford, H. Weinberg
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Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008The association between climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events is now well established. General circulation models of climate change predict that heatwaves will become more frequent and intense, especially in the higher latitudes, affecting large metropolitan areas that are not well adapted to them.
George, Luber, Michael, McGeehin
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New Scientist, 2015
The year 2015 has almost certainly been the hottest year on record. And people must not stash the fans away, as there's a good chance 2016 will be even hotter, making it three record-breaking years in a row and spelling disaster for corals. They can take a generous lashing of global warming, add a half-baked El Nino one year, a whopper of an El Nino ...
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The year 2015 has almost certainly been the hottest year on record. And people must not stash the fans away, as there's a good chance 2016 will be even hotter, making it three record-breaking years in a row and spelling disaster for corals. They can take a generous lashing of global warming, add a half-baked El Nino one year, a whopper of an El Nino ...
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Summer Heat Waves - Extreme Years
2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 17-20, 2007, 2007The performance of four heat stress indices was compared for response to known events. A 12-yr period of weather data was analyzed for occurrence of heat wave events at each of three locations--Grand Island and Concord, NE and Rockport, MO. Numerous events were detected at each location.
null John A Nienaber +3 more
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EXTREME HEAT WAVES AND EXTREME SUMMER SEASONS IN EUROPEAN RUSSIA
Meteorologiya i GidrologiyaIn the study, the large-scale heat waves manifested in one or more latitudinal zones of European Russia: south of 50° N, within 50°-60° N, and north of 60° N are considered. For each zone, the changes in the total seasonal duration of heat waves since the beginning of the 20th century and associated changes in the average seasonal temperature in the ...
M. Yu. Bardin +2 more
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EXTREME HEAT REDUCES INDIVIDUAL HAPPINESS
Climate Change EconomicsUsing individual-level happiness data in Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and county-level temperature data, this study analyzes the impact of extreme high temperature on happiness. Results show that extreme heat reduces individuals’ happiness.
FANGLIN CHEN, XIN ZHANG, ZHONGFEI CHEN
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Microbial diversity in extreme environments
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021Wen-Sheng Shu, Li-Nan Huang
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