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Heatwave-protective knowledge and behaviour among urban populations: a multi-country study in Tunisia, Georgia and Israel

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background There is an expected increase in heatwaves globally. As such, it is imperative to have sufficient levels of heatwave-protective knowledge and behaviour in areas regularly affected by heatwaves.
Joris Adriaan Frank van Loenhout, Kirsten Vanderplanken, Tamari Kashibadze, Nia Giuashvili, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Maya Siman-Tov, Bruria Adini, Debarati Guha-Sapir   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping heatwave vulnerability in Korea

, 2017
Due to the inevitable increase in temperatures that are attributable to significant climate variability and notable shifts in climate under increasing greenhouse gases, heat waves are becoming a major natural disaster.
Deo, Ravinesh C., Yeom, Jong-Min, Kim, Do-Woo, Do-Woo Kim, Ravinesh C. Deo, Lee, Jong-Seol, Jong-Seol Lee, Jong-Min Yeom   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Modulating influence of drought on the synergy between heatwaves and dead fine fuel moisture content of bushfire fuels in the Southeast Australian region

Weather and Climate Extremes, 2021
During the 2019-20 summer season, Australia experienced frequent heatwave events with scorching temperatures and massive bushfires with dense smoke. These catastrophic heatwaves and bushfires resulted in huge socio-economic and ecological losses.
P. Jyoteeshkumar reddy, Jason J. Sharples, Sophie C. Lewis, Sarah E. Perkins-Kirkpatrick   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heatwaves in Southeast Asia and Their Changes in a Warmer World

Earth's Future, 2021
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 in the current and future warmer climate.
Zizhen Dong, Lin Wang, Ying Sun, Ting Hu, Atsamon Limsakul, Patama Singhruck, Sittichai Pimonsree   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heatwave magnitude quantization and impact factors analysis over the Tibetan Plateau

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
More frequent and intense heatwave events (HWEs) on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) present substantial threats to the ecological and hydrological systems. However, understanding the changes in HWEs on the TP is limited, primarily from analyses at individual ...
Tongchang Zhang, Gang Deng, Xiuguo Liu, Yan He, Qikai Shen, Qihao Chen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of heatwave characteristics in cardiovascular mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Environment International
Heatwaves constitute a major public health risk and climate change is projected to exacerbate this risk by increasing their intensity, duration, and frequency.
Panayiotis Kouis, Kyriaki Psistaki, Panayiotis K. Yiallouros, Anastasia Κ. Paschalidou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality Burden of Heatwaves in Sydney, Australia Is Exacerbated by the Urban Heat Island and Climate Change: Can Tree Cover Help Mitigate the Health Impacts?

Atmosphere, 2022
Heatwaves are associated with increased mortality and are exacerbated by the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Thus, to inform climate change mitigation and adaptation, we quantified the mortality burden of historical heatwave days in Sydney, Australia ...
Timothy B. Chaston, Richard A. Broome, Nathan Cooper, Gerard Duck, Christy Geromboux, Yuming Guo, Fei Ji, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Ying Zhang, Gnanadarsha S. Dissanayake, Geoffrey G. Morgan, Ivan C. Hanigan   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heat-Ready: heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities [PDF]

, 2013
This study identifies the current policies and strategies Australian ACFs use to keep residents well, and highlights the barriers to heatwave adaptation and maintaining wellness in the residential aged during periods of extreme heat.
Deborah Black, Craig Veitch, Leigh Wilson   +2 more
core  

Closed‐Loop Radiative Cooling Mulch Upcycled From Agricultural Residues for Efficient Soil Heat–Water Stress Mitigation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conventional passive radiative cooling films rely on costly feedstocks and energy‐intensive fabrication, with poor end‐of‐life compatibility in agriculture. To address this challenge, a sustainable radiative cooling mulch (SRCM) is developed from waste maize leaves via spontaneous hydrogen‐bond self‐assembly.
Hao Li, Dong Lv, Yang Fu, Cancheng Jiang, Wenqi Wang, Ze Li, Lin Liang, Jiayu Du, Jie Tan, Yihao Zhu, Wenjie Liu, Lamfeddal Kouisni, Kaixin Lin, Chi Yan Tso   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of heatwave on mortality under different heatwave definitions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2016
Heatwave effects on human health and wellbeing is a great public health concern, especially in the context of climate change. However, no universally consistent heatwave definition is available.
Tong, Shilu, Jalaludin, Bin, Xu, Zhiwei, FitzGerald, Gerard, Guo, Yuming   +4 more
core   +1 more source