The frequency, intensity, and duration of heat waves will likely increase in the future, thus aggravating heat-related mortality unless population adaptation occurs.
As the phenomenon of urban heat islands (UHI) aggravates heat stresses, the effects will be more severe in urban environments.
Although air conditioning has been proved to be one of the most effective measures to reduce health impacts of heat waves (37), it can also increase electricity consumption, discard condensing heat to the air, increase the street temperature, and hence aggravate the heat island effect (38).
The mentally ill are also less likely to take precautions, such as drinking fluids, and are prone to diabetes and other diseases aggravated by heat.
And while these little things might be aggravating in the heat of the moment, take solace in knowing you're not the only couple out there dealing with these very issues.
In the coming decades, if current scientific thinking proves correct, California and many other parts of the world could face climatic fallout in the form of rising sea levels, more wildfires, water shortages, and pollution-aggravating heat waves.
Some patients, and even the attending medical staff, had a clear misunderstanding that water plus concentrated sulfuric acid produces heat, hence aggravating the damage.
Braids help your hair because you are not aggravating your hair with heating products and chemicals and plus they are so cute.
Weakness from already heated blood could be further aggravated by the heating effects of contraceptives.
The heat aggravated the stench from stagnant waters and flood-damaged properties.
For mid-latitude cities, higher summer temperatures due to climate change are a cause for concern because they aggravate the urban heat island phenomenon and reduce thermal comfort inside buildings.
