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Increased summertime heat stress in the US

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  • Dian J. Gaffen

    (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Air Resources Laboratory)

  • Rebecca J. Ross

    (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Air Resources Laboratory)

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In the past half century, the mean summertime temperature in the United States has increased1,4, with nights warming more than days5,6. When humidity is high, hot weather can cause heat stress in humans. Here we show that the frequency of extreme heat-stress events in the United States, caused by extremely hot and humid days as well as by heatwaves lasting for several days, has increased over the period from 1949 to 1995.

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  • Dian J. Gaffen & Rebecca J. Ross, 1998. "Increased summertime heat stress in the US," Nature, Nature, vol. 396(6711), pages 529-530, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:396:y:1998:i:6711:d:10.1038_25030
    DOI: 10.1038/25030
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    1. David Keellings & Erin Bunting & Johanna Engström, 2018. "Spatiotemporal changes in the size and shape of heat waves over North America," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 147(1), pages 165-178, March.
    2. C. Ordóñez & P. Duinker, 2015. "Climate change vulnerability assessment of the urban forest in three Canadian cities," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 131(4), pages 531-543, August.
    3. Marc Poumadère & Claire Mays & Sophie Le Mer & Russell Blong, 2005. "The 2003 Heat Wave in France: Dangerous Climate Change Here and Now," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(6), pages 1483-1494, December.
    4. Sakib Hasan & Woonsup Choi & Sangjun Kang, 2022. "Associations of Urban and Green Land Covers and Heat Waves in 49 U.S. Cities between 1992 and 2019," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-14, June.
    5. Dana Habeeb & Jason Vargo & Brian Stone, 2015. "Rising heat wave trends in large US cities," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 76(3), pages 1651-1665, April.
    6. Bumseok Chun & Subhrajit Guhathakurta, 2017. "Daytime and nighttime urban heat islands statistical models for Atlanta," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 44(2), pages 308-327, March.
    7. Thomas R. Knutson & Jeffrey J. Ploshay, 2016. "Detection of anthropogenic influence on a summertime heat stress index," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 138(1), pages 25-39, September.
    8. Zhenzhen Zhang & Nianbing Zhou & Zhipeng Xing & Bingliang Liu & Jinyu Tian & Haiyan Wei & Hui Gao & Hongcheng Zhang, 2022. "Effects of Temperature and Radiation on Yield of Spring Wheat at Different Latitudes," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, April.

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