Anthropogenic emissions and urbanization increase risk of compound hot extremes in cities

J Wang, Y Chen, W Liao, G He, SFB Tett, Z Yan… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Urban areas are experiencing strongly increasing hot temperature extremes. However,
these urban heat events have seldom been the focus of traditional detection and attribution …

NPCC4: Climate change and New York City's health risk

T Matte, K Lane, JF Tipaldo, J Barnes, K Knowlton… - 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter of the New York City Panel on Climate Change 4 (NPCC4) report considers
climate health risks, vulnerabilities, and resilience strategies in New York City's unique …

Contrasting responses of urban and rural surface energy budgets to heat waves explain synergies between urban heat islands and heat waves

D Li, T Sun, M Liu, L Yang, L Wang… - Environmental Research …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Heat waves (HWs) are projected to become more frequent and last longer over most land
areas in the late 21st century, which raises serious public health concerns. Urban residents …

Building Resilience to Climate Change: Pilot Evaluation of the Impact of India's First Heat Action Plan on All‐Cause Mortality

JJ Hess, S Lm, K Knowlton, S Saha… - … of environmental and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Ahmedabad implemented South Asia's first heat action plan (HAP) after a 2010
heatwave. This study evaluates the HAP's impact on all‐cause mortality in 2014–2015 …

Adaptation to climate change: a comparative analysis of modeling methods for heat-related mortality

SN Gosling, DM Hondula, A Bunker… - Environmental …, 2017 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Multiple methods are employed for modeling adaptation when projecting the
impact of climate change on heat-related mortality. The sensitivity of impacts to each is …

Climate change and health on the US Gulf Coast: public health adaptation is needed to address future risks

EP Petkova, KL Ebi, D Culp, I Redlener - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The impacts of climate change on human health have been documented globally and in the
United States. Numerous studies project greater morbidity and mortality as a result of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the skill of the CORDEX-Africa regional climate models to simulate regional climate setting in the East African Transboundary Omo Gibe …

Y Mathewos, B Abate, M Dadi - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Regional climate models (RCMs) that produce good outputs in one region or for specific
variables may underperform for others. Thereby, assessing the performance of various …

Changes in wind speed under heat waves enhance urban heat islands in the Beijing metropolitan area

D Li, T Sun, M Liu, L Wang… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The interaction between urban heat islands (UHIs) and heat waves (HWs) is studied using
measurements collected at two towers in the Beijing, China, metropolitan area and an …

Urban heat islands during heat waves: A comparative study between Boston and Phoenix

L Wang, D Li - Journal of Applied Meteorology and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, we simulate the magnitude of urban heat islands (UHIs) during heat wave
(HWs) in two cities with contrasting climates (Boston, Massachusetts, and Phoenix, Arizona) …

Contrasting evaporative responses of ecosystems to heatwaves traced to the opposing roles of vapor pressure deficit and surface resistance

P Wang, D Li, W Liao, A Rigden… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the evaporative response of ecosystems to heatwaves is critical for
managing ecosystem services and water resources, especially under a changing climate. In …