Extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves, cyclones, and floods, are an
expression of climate variability. These events and events influenced by climate change …

There is near consensus in the scientific community that humans will experience higher
future temperatures due to the ongoing accumulation of greenhouse gases in the …

Background: Environmental heat exposure is a public health concern. The impacts of
environmental heat on mortality and morbidity at the population scale are well documented …

Spatially targeted interventions may help protect the public when extreme heat occurs.
Health outcome data are increasingly being used to map intra-urban variability in heat …

Background High temperature and humidity conditions are associated with short-term
elevations in the mortality rate in many United States cities. Previous research has quantified …

Here we present, for the first time, a glossary of biometeorological terms. The glossary aims
to address the need for a reliable source of biometeorological definitions, thereby facilitating …

The Arctic, even more so than other parts of the world, has warmed substantially over the
past few decades. Temperature and humidity influence the rate of development, survival and …

As demand for electricity increases on an already strained electrical supply due to
urbanization, population growth, and climate change, the likelihood of power outages will …

Mortality rates increase immediately after periods of high air temperature. In the days and
weeks after heat events, time series may exhibit mortality displacement—periods of lower …

Access to air conditioned space is critical for protecting urban populations from the adverse
effects of heat exposure. Yet there remains fairly limited knowledge of the penetration of …