A Regional Scale Approach to Assessing Current and Potential Future Exposure to Tidal Inundation in Different Types of Estuaries [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Broad scale assessments of impacts associated with sea level rise have mainly been undertaken using ocean water level data from tide gauges located in harbours and ports assuming that these can be applied directly in mapping inundation throughout ...
David J. Hanslow +3 more
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Regional maps of occupational heat exposure: past, present, and potential future [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2010 Background: An important feature of climate change is increasing human heat exposure in workplaces without cooling systems in tropical and subtropical countries.
Tord Kjellstrom +2 more
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Potential Impacts of Future Warming and Land Use Changes on Intra-Urban Heat Exposure in Houston, Texas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Extreme heat events in the United States are projected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. We investigated the individual and combined effects of land use and warming on the spatial and temporal distribution of daily ...
Kathryn Conlon +3 more
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Potential future exposure of European land transport infrastructure to rainfall-induced landslides throughout the 21st century [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2018 In the face of climate change, the assessment of land transport infrastructure exposure towards adverse climate events is of major importance for Europe's economic prosperity and social wellbeing.
M. Schlögl, M. Schlögl, C. Matulla
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Environmental Toxic Metals and Metalloids Exposure and Cardiovascular Health: Current Evidence from Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers as Indicators of Subclinical Cardiovascular Effects [PDF]
AntioxidantsCardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of global mortality, and environmental toxic metals and metalloids (TMMs) exposure has emerged as an important and potentially modifiable cardiovascular (CV) risk factor.
Silvia Baldacci +6 more
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Natural enemies of herbivores maintain their biological control potential under short‐term exposure to future CO2, temperature, and precipitation patterns [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Climate change will profoundly alter the physiology and ecology of plants, insect herbivores, and their natural enemies, resulting in strong effects on multitrophic interactions.
Cong vanDoan +5 more
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Future changes of socioeconomic exposure to potential landslide hazards over mainland China
Weather and Climate ExtremesLandslides are among the most destructive natural disasters, having huge socioeconomic impacts. Here, we investigate future changes in potential rainfall-induced landslide activities and their socioeconomic consequences in mainland China using CMIP6 ...
Donghuan Li +3 more
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Future Population Exposure to Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves in South Asia
Earth's Future, 2022 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 the population exposure to future HWs.
Safi Ullah +8 more
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Environmental Research LettersTransit is a crucial mode of transportation, especially in urban areas and for urban and rural disadvantaged communities. Because extreme temperatures often pose threats to the elderly, members of the disability community, and other vulnerable ...
Huiying Fan +4 more
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Correction: Potential Impacts of Future Warming and Land Use Changes on Intra-Urban Heat Exposure in Houston, Texas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Kathryn Conlon +3 more
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