Climate change is undeniably one of the long-term challenges confronting humanity across
the globe. Various nations have taken initiatives that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

Climate change may bring new hazards through novel combinations of extreme weather
(compound events). Here we evaluate the possibility of dangerous heat following major …

Precipitation extremes and associated hazards often cause agricultural losses and
infrastructure damage and even exert negative impacts on human health. It is thus crucial to …

Abstract Western North America (WNA) experienced an unprecedented heatwave from late
June to early July 2021, which lies far outside the historical range. Based on the model …

Urbanization and climate change are among the most important global trends affecting
human well-being during the twenty-first century. One region expected to undergo enormous …

Background Changes in temperature and humidity due to climate change affect living and
working conditions. An understanding of the effects of different global temperature changes …

Wet‐bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a widely applied heat stress index. However, most
applications of WBGT within the heat stress impact literature that do not use WBGT at all, but …

Exceptionally strong summertime warming occurred over the Mongolian Plateau between
1986 and 2004, at a rate that was three times the average terrestrial warming in the Northern …

While major advances have been made toward understanding flooding across the central
United States, little is known about the linkage between heat stress, characterized by high …

Highlights•Gradual, average increases in temperature are significant for the risk of heat
stress.•Increasing chronic exposure to extreme heat constitutes a slow onset event.•Heat …