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Increasing heat waves are one effect of climate change that affect human health: Illustration of urban heat exposure via a temperature distribution map: red shows warm areas, white shows hot areas. The effects of heatwaves tend to be more pronounced in urban areas because they are typically warmer than surrounding rural areas due to the urban ...
The physical and psychological effects of climate change in the United States on human health will likely depend on specific location. Researchers have determined that locations of concern are "coastal regions, islands, deserts in the southwest, vector-borne and zoonotic disease border regions, cities, and the U.S. Arctic (Alaska)". [ 132 ]
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
A number of heat waves began across parts of the northern hemisphere in April 2023, many of which are ongoing. Various heat records have been broken, [1] with July being the hottest month ever recorded. [2] Scientists have attributed the heat waves to man-made climate change. [1] [2] Another cause is the El Niño phenomena which began to ...
Soliant Health, a health care job search site based in Georgia, analyzed 2024 Google search data to identify popular questions from each state, as well as a few of the most generally Googled ...
This led to a ten day long heat wave in Philadelphia, while Boston saw temperatures above 95 °F (35 °C) for six days in a row. [43] Due to this, the New York Metropolitan Area had a top 5 hottest August, and Islip, New York and Newark, New Jersey had their warmest on record, [ 44 ] and so did Philadelphia a little bit to the southwest. [ 45 ]
Near her home, Thomas points out Texas' largest coal-fired power plant. "It's the oldest thing you can be burning in our neighborhoods. It's dangerous," Thomas said.
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