searchmap.eu: Dot Earth Blog: Study Finds Sun Belt Population Growth and Warming Climate Could Quadruple Exposure to Extreme Heat

luni, 18 mai 2015

Dot Earth Blog: Study Finds Sun Belt Population Growth and Warming Climate Could Quadruple Exposure to Extreme Heat

A modeling study found that global warming and demographic shifts toward Sun Belt cities will likely contribute equally to greatly increased exposure of people to extreme heat later this century. The projections are tallied in annual person-days of exposure to extreme heat, comparing the period 1971–2000 to the period 2041–2070. Person-days are calculated by multiplying the number of days when the temperature is expected to hit at least 95 degrees by the number of people who are projected to live in the areas where extreme heat is occurring. (<a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/05/18/blogs/dotheatmap/dotheatmap-jumbo.jpg">Larger version</a>)

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