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Extreme weather events and crop insurance demand [PDF]
HeliyonFlood, drought, and frost may be disruptive events for agriculture. The subsidised crop insurance schemes are coping strategies that increase farms resilience to weather shocks and in fact the occurrence of extreme weather events and the level of ...
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo +3 more
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Exploring the Link Between Extreme Weather Events and Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions [PDF]
BJPsych OpenAims: Extreme weather events refer to weather events that are dramatically different from typical patterns. These can be catastrophic, unexpected and pose a risk to the population.
Peter Carter +4 more
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Crop Diversification in Coping with Extreme Weather Events in China
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2014 Apart from the long-term effects of climate change, the frequency and severity of extreme weather events have been increasing. Given the risks posed by climate change, particularly the changes in extreme weather events, the question of how to adapt to ...
Ji-kun HUANG +3 more
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Extreme Weather Events Interact With Local Contexts to Alter the Frequency of Firearm Violence and Child Maltreatment in Wayne County, Michigan [PDF]
GeoHealthClimate change is creating more frequent extreme weather events, but impacts on violence are not well understood. We explored associations of extreme weather with firearm violence and child maltreatment in Wayne County, Michigan. To understand contextual
Rebeccah Sokol +3 more
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The effect of different extreme weather events on attitudes toward climate change. [PDF]
PLoS ONECan exposure to extreme weather change political opinion and preferences about climate change? There is a growing literature on both the effects of extreme weather events and the factors explaining attitudes toward global warming, though there remains no
Giancarlo Visconti, Kayla Young
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, yet many of their impacts on human populations are not well understood.
Benjamin Scharadin +2 more
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Extreme weather and asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
European Respiratory Review, 2023 Background: Climate change's influence on extreme weather events poses a significant threat to the morbidity and mortality of asthma patients. The aim of this study was to examine associations between extreme weather events and asthma-related outcomes ...
Firdian Makrufardi +5 more
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EWELD: A Large-Scale Industrial and Commercial Load Dataset in Extreme Weather Events
Scientific Data, 2023 Load forecasting is crucial for the economic and secure operation of power systems. Extreme weather events, such as extreme heat and typhoons, can lead to more significant fluctuations in power consumption, making load forecasting more difficult.
Guolong Liu +8 more
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Environmental Challenges, 2023 This study examines the potential for institutional quality to address Africa's trilemma of food insecurity, rapid urbanization, and extreme weather events.Using a two-stage least squares regression analysis of 28 African countries between 2012Q1 and ...
Eric B. Yiadom +3 more
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Extreme weather events inWest Hungary
International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2010 Agricultural production is a rather risky activity, as it is largely exposed to extreme weather events. This paper focuses on the frost and hail data in springtime, affecting fruit production in West Hungary.
Z. Mézes +5 more
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