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Exposure to dangerous heat in African cities will increase by a multiple of 20–52 to reach 86–217 billion person-days per year by the 2090s ...

Projections of human exposure to dangerous heat in African cities ...

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Projections of human exposure to dangerous heat in African cities under multiple socioeconomic and climate ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

Abstract Human exposure to dangerous heat, driven by climatic and demographic changes, is increasing worldwide. Being located in hot regions and showing ...

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Our projections suggest that this number will be 20 to 52 times higher at the end of the 21st century than currently. Large cities in Western and Central Africa ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

Employing multiple shared socioeconomic pathway and representative concentration pathway combinations, we demonstrated that the aggregate ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

Supporting: 4, Mentioning: 78 - Human exposure to dangerous heat, driven by climatic and demographic changes, is increasing worldwide. Being located in hot ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

The results show that heat stress of category Extreme Caution is projected to extend spatially (up to 25%) over most of the Gulf of Guinea, Sahel, and Sahara ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities Under Multiple Socioeconomic and Climate Scenarios. G.T. Rohat, J. Flacke, Alessandro Dosio ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities Under Multiple Socioeconomic and Climate Scenarios · Rohat, Guillaume ORCID National Center for ...

Studying extreme heat and social inequality in Global South cities

Rohat et al. Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities Under Multiple Socioeconomic and Climate Scenarios. Earth's ...

Extreme heat to hit one third of the African urban population

New research reveals that deadly heat waves could affect a third of African city-dwellers by 2090.

Extreme heat to hit one third of the African urban population

Guillaume Rohat, Johannes Flacke, Alessandro Dosio, Hy Dao, Martin Maarseveen. Projections of Human Exposure to Dangerous Heat in African Cities ...

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities - World Resources Institute

In the United States alone, extreme heat already costs the economy $100 billion annually and is projected to increase to $500 billion by 2050.

The effects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa - NCBI

High temperatures can cause a rise in core body temperature and heart rate and lead to heat stress, heat stroke and, in extreme cases, death. Individuals with ...

Global urban population exposure to extreme heat - PNAS

Here, we leverage fine-resolution temperature and population data to measure urban extreme heat exposure for 13,115 cities from 1983 to 2016. Globally, urban ...

Heat wave monitoring over West African cities - NHESS

Heat waves can be one of the most dangerous climatic hazards affecting the planet, having dramatic impacts on the health of humans and ...

Dangerous heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s in cities

Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years.

Toward Experimental Heat–Health Early Warning in Africa in

Abstract Heat is one of the most serious hazards in the world as it affects human health and is extremely dangerous to vulnerable populations such as the ...

Intensifying human-driven heatwaves characteristics and heat ...

A recent study by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that heatwaves are responsible for an average of 12 000 deaths per year in Africa, ...