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    Climate change turns warm summer days in England into health threat


    Clarke, Ben, Bergin, Claire, Barnes, Clair, Vahlberg, Maja, Singh, Roop and Otto, Friederike (2025) Climate change turns warm summer days in England into health threat. World Weather Attribution.

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    Abstract

    World Weather Attribution uses weather observations and climate models to understand how climate change influences the intensity and likelihood of extreme weather events. The studies also assess the role of human vulnerability and exposure in the impacts to highlight the actions needed to prepare for changing weather extremes. WWA performed a super rapid analysis, analysing observations only on this early summer heat in the Southeast of the UK, defined (1) by the official heatwave definition of reaching 28°C in many of the so-called home counties and greater London (dark red region in figure 1, Met Office) and (2) the hottest predicted day in the same area. While this is not a full attribution study, the results are in agreement with the study undertaken in July 2022 over a similar region (Zachariah et al., 2022), thus we have high confidence in the results. calm, sunny days and gradually rising temperatures.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Review authors Izidine Pinto, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands Laura Scott, British Red Cross, London, UK Henry Barnes, British Red Cross, London, UK Julie Arrighi, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Hague, the Netherlands; Global Disaster Preparedness Center, American Red Cross, Washington D.C., USA; University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands (based in New York, USA)
    Keywords: heatwave; thresholds; human health;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
    Item ID: 20029
    Depositing User: ICARUS Geography
    Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2025 10:35
    Journal or Publication Title: World Weather Attribution
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20029
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