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Taxonomy Archive: Heat illness/extreme temperature
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cool Neighbourhoods Are Healthy Neighbourhoods: How local government actions on climate change help to create healthier communities
The purpose of this briefing paper is to help ignite further collaboration between local government and health sectors around the development and adoption of mutual strategies for health and environmental benefits. The paper is intended to support the work of local and regional policy planners, energy planners, and public health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Drought, climate change increase intensity of California wildfires
Because of the continuing California drought, authorities predicted another dangerous year, and the Sherpa Fire is one of 1,800 wildfires state and forest service firefighters have battled since January. In a June 1 Letter to the Editor, “SLO County tackles the health effects of climate change,” rising temperatures, frequent ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat Alert and Response Systems to Protect Health: Best Practices Guidebook
Extreme heat poses growing risks to the health of Canadians. Public health and emergency management officials in several Canadian communities are developing interventions to reduce heat-health risks and to prepare for the expected increase in the frequency, duration and severity of extreme heat events due to climate change. To help ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Study Quantifies Climate-Change-Related Deaths
A study in Environmental Research Letters suggests a fifth of premature deaths during a 2003 heatwave in Europe are linked to human-caused climate change. “We are now able to put a number on the deaths caused by climate change in a heat wave,” said lead author Daniel Mitchell of the University of Oxford. “This has […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is making farm work more dangerous than it already is
Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the U.S., claiming between 600 and 1,500 lives each summer. The danger is particularly acute in California’s agricultural inland regions like the Coachella Valley and Central Valley, where climate change and drought are producing heat waves that are increasingly severe.
20 Apr 2018 |
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America is too damn hot: U.S. faces dramatic rise in extreme heat and humidity
Across the United States, we’ve hit the dog days of summer. Most regions are now seeing their hottest temperatures of the year, and the combination of heat and high humidity sends most people running for a cold drink, some shade or an air conditioner. Heat is the No.1 weather-related killer, and as carbon pollution continues, […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat stress to wipe billions off GDP in India, China
The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published today. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Dona Wininsky: Protect yourself in heat waves — and help combat climate change
Dear Editor: The high heat we are experiencing in Wisconsin is not just uncomfortable. It’s also part of a trend with potentially lethal health impacts. 2015 was the hottest year on record, and the previous hottest year was 2014. In fact, each of the last three decades has been successively warmer than any decade on […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Beating the Heat Preparing for Extreme Heat Events at the State and Local Level Webinar
Webinar going over CDC materials and toolkit, examples of heat wave preparation in Massachussets and New York.
20 Apr 2018 |
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You’re active in the heat. You’re at risk! Protect Yourself from Extreme Heat
The brochures are intended for two audiences:Officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication campaignsIndividuals interested in health risks and actions to take to stay healthy during extreme heat.This brochure is intended for people physically active.