Treatment and prevention of heat-related illness

C Sorensen, J Hess - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Treatment and Prevention of Heat-Related Illness Climate change is
causing increasingly frequent and severe heat waves, resulting in increases in the incidence …

Potential applications of subseasonal‐to‐seasonal (S2S) predictions

CJ White, H Carlsen, AW Robertson… - Meteorological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
While seasonal outlooks have been operational for many years, until recently the extended‐
range timescale referred to as subseasonal‐to‐seasonal (S2S) has received little attention …

Climate change and extreme heat events: how health systems should prepare

L Patel, KC Conlon, C Sorensen… - … Innovations in Care …, 2022 - catalyst.nejm.org
Earth's warming climate is causing heat waves to become more frequent, longer lasting, and
hotter, while occurring in locations unaccustomed to such weather events. Extreme heat …

Progress in extreme heat management and warning systems: A systematic review of heat-health action plans (1995-2020)

R Kotharkar, A Ghosh - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, rising trend in the number of heat waves (HWs) has exacerbated the risk
of heat-related mortality and morbidity. The frequent deadly HWs precipitated a multitude of …

Communicating the deadly consequences of global warming for human heat stress

TKR Matthews, RL Wilby… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
In December of 2015, the international community pledged to limit global warming to below
2° C above preindustrial (PI) to prevent dangerous climate change. However, to what extent …

Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves

O Mazdiyasni, A AghaKouchak, SJ Davis… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Rising global temperatures are causing increases in the frequency and severity of extreme
climatic events, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves. We analyze changes in summer …

Impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in low and middle income countries: a review of the epidemiological evidence and considerations for future research

H Green, J Bailey, L Schwarz, J Vanos, K Ebi… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat waves and high air temperature are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
However, the majority of research conducted on this topic is focused on high income areas …

[HTML][HTML] Limitations to thermoregulation and acclimatization challenge human adaptation to global warming

EG Hanna, PW Tait - International journal of environmental research and …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Human thermoregulation and acclimatization are core components of the human coping
mechanism for withstanding variations in environmental heat exposure. Amidst growing …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the SDG energy poverty targets: Residential cooling needs in the Global South

A Mastrucci, E Byers, S Pachauri, ND Rao - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
With growing health risks from rising temperatures in the Global South, the lack of essential
indoor cooling is increasingly seen as a dimension of energy poverty and human well-being …

Assessing heat stress and health among construction workers in a changing climate: a review

P Acharya, B Boggess, K Zhang - International journal of environmental …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Construction workers are at an elevated risk of heat stress, due to the strenuous nature of
the work, high temperature work condition, and a changing climate. An increasing number of …