Previous studies have suggested that associations between heat wave days and mortality are stronger during heat waves of longer duration and during the first heat wave of the season (Anderson and Bell 2011).
In Ethiopia, climate variability and change have resulted in frequent droughts, floods, heavy rains, strong winds, and heat waves (Abebe 2007).
The results indicated strong associations between heat waves and morbidity outcomes, although the risks varied depend on different definitions used.
We estimated a stronger effect of heat waves on respiratory mortality than cardiovascular mortality, consistent with other studies.
Another European study also estimated stronger effects of heat waves on respiratory mortality than cardiovascular mortality in most cities, which the authors suggested may reflect increased susceptibility among people with preexisting chronic respiratory diseases (D'Ippoliti et al. 2010).
When it comes to extreme weather, we always take the opportunity to point back to the last definitive international scientific report on extreme weather and climate change, which found strong historic links for heat waves, coastal flooding and changes in precipitation along with weaker links for tornadoes and hurricanes.
One analysis from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University projected a ten-fold increase in heat-related deaths across the eastern states by 2057 thanks to stronger and more frequent heat waves.
Some speakers may also talk about the challenges of higher education, the dangers lurking in the world, or about the prospect of living in changing climates that promise ongoing droughts, persistent heat waves, stronger blizzards, powerful tornadoes and destructive hurricanes.
Recent studies have consistently reported a strong relationship between heat and heat waves and increasing death rates among the elderly, particularly for respiratory and cardiovascular mortality (reviewed by Åström et al. 2011).
The performance and the accuracy of the method to calculate the flows with large amplitude of acoustic waves and strong heat transfer have been demonstrated by the direct numerical simulation of three distinct cases: a one-dimensional Euler equation with large amplitude of acoustic waves, an adiabatic turbulent boundary layer, and a turbulent boundary layer with heated wall.
