Tag Archives: humidity

Heath Death Indicators

Posted on August 3, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have been spending most of my evenings watching the Tokyo Olympics. One of the most frequent questions directed to athletes who have performed outdoors is how they handle the heat. Right now, Tokyo is having highs of 90oF, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged acclimatization, Adaptation, business as usual, Climate Change, danger, dehydration, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Global Warming, heat, heat death, heat index, heat stress, humidity, IPCC, Olympics, safety, Tokyo, warming, Water, wildfire | 3 Comments

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Posted on July 27, 2021 by climatechangefork

We have been seeing a slew of catastrophes throughout the world that roughly coincided with the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere (June 20th). Almost all of them have been either partially caused or worsened by climate change. These … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Baghdad, Bjorn Lomborg, California, Climate Change, cold, Damascus, Death Valley, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, fire, Flood, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, heatstroke, humidity, Hurricane, Idaho, Nevada, record, Riyadh, skeptic, sunstroke, Teheran, Temperature, Tornado, Utah, WHO | 3 Comments

Guest Blog: The Effects of Climate Change on Pandemics

Posted on December 8, 2020 by climatechangefork

Hello readers! This week’s guest blog is from Alvin Huang, Paula Glab, and Yuduo Wu. Combined, we are pursuing degrees in the fields of physics and computer science. Through this blog post, we hope to spread information on the correlation … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change | Tagged animals, Antarctic, anthrax, Arctic, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, dengue, disease, el nino, Environment, epidemic, exposure, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas mosquitoes, humidity, ice melt, insects, IPCC, la nina, LCC, malaria, migration, mosquitoes, pandemic, pathogen, Permafrost, Prediction, RCP, scenario, spread, Sri-Lanka, temperature rise, tropical disease | 1 Comment

Guest Blog: Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang

Posted on December 1, 2020 by climatechangefork

Welcome readers! This week’s guest blog is from Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang. Together, we hope to spread awareness about the correlation between climate change-induced migrations and the national security threats that they create. Although many people may view national … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Guest Blog, immigration, US | Tagged Adaptation, Belize, burn, California, carbon dioxide, Central America, Climate Change, climate refugee, CO2, CO2 emissions, Costa Rica, damage, desert, desertification, driving force, Drought, ecosystem, El Salvador, emigration, environmental refugee, Extreme Weather, fire, fire season, fire supression, fuel, Future, Global Warming, globalization, Guatemala, Honduras, humidity, immigrant, immigration, lawmakers, Mexico, Mitigation, moisture, national security, Nicaragua, Panama, Population, predict, sea level, security, spread, Terrorism, US, vapor pressure deficit, VPD, Weather, wild fire, wildfire | Leave a comment

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Posted on August 18, 2020 by climatechangefork

My wife and I start our day with breakfast and the print edition of The New York Times (NYT). When the paper arrives, we split it between us—she gets the front section and I get the rest. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Extreme Weather | Tagged Arizona, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, CUNY, Data, data set, Education, El Paso, Extreme Weather, heat, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humidity, NYC, NYT, online, Phoenix, sun stroke, Temperature, Texas, Tucson, US, Weather, weather report | 2 Comments

Heat Wave

Posted on July 3, 2018 by climatechangefork

My school’s academic year is over and the summer break has started in full swing. Usually I take this time for a vacation and some new research initiatives. It is not surprising that I have far more flexibility now than … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, advisory, Afghanistan, air conditioner, air conditioning, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, danger, dangerous, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, excessive heat, Extreme Weather, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, heat, heat advisory, Heat Exhaustion, heat index, Heat Stroke, heat wave, humid, humidity, Israel, Mitigation, Nepal, NOAA, Pakistan, Science, South Asia, summer, sunstroke, Sustainability, Temperature, thermometer, US, Warning, Weather, World Bank | 1 Comment

Uncertainties Can Bring The Best Possible Outcomes, The Worst Possible Outcomes, and Everything In Between: Ocean Currents

Posted on June 19, 2018 by climatechangefork

I have addressed uncertainty on a number of previous occasions (December 10, 2012; May 16, 2017; January 9, 2018; and other blogs) but some important work came to light recently that put this idea to a test. Most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, ambiguity, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, AR4, atlantic, business as usual, carbon dioxide, certain, circulation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, conveyor belt, Current, disaster, ecosystem, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, estimate, expectation, Fossil Fuels, Future, Glacier, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, humid, humidity, ice, ice age, IPCC, melt, methodology, Mitigation, MOC, Ocean, polar ice, Prediction, projection, Research, risk, risk aversion, risk management, Science, sea ice, Sustainability, Temperature, temperature rise, uncertain, uncertainty | 1 Comment

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Heath Death Indicators

Heat Deaths and Cold Deaths

Guest Blog: The Effects of Climate Change on Pandemics

Guest Blog: Jacob Kinnaman and Frank Huang

Do-It-Yourself Climate Monitoring: the Weather Report

Heat Wave

Uncertainties Can Bring The Best Possible Outcomes, The Worst Possible Outcomes, and Everything In Between: Ocean Currents

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