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Tag: Heatwaves
Why Many Malls See Increased Traffic During Heat Waves
07/23/23
“Why do many malls see increased traffic during heat waves?”
When heat waves happen, people seek out centers with strong cooling. Many malls are equipped with powerful air conditioning to keep temperatures operating nicely. As a result (with evidence from UCLA research) more people head to malls during heat waves. This is Why Many Malls See Increased Traffic During Heat Waves.
Analyzing Heat Waves Using Standard Deviations
09/15/22
“How can we analyze heatwaves using standard deviations?”
Heatwaves can have great impacts on societies. However, their severity can vary greatly. Some only bring slightly warmer temperatures, while some shatter records like the one that (as of writing) recently happened in California. By using standard deviations from normal temperature, we can obtain a better estimate of how abnormal they are. This is why Analyzing Heatwaves Using Standard Deviations is so useful.
Why Heat Waves Are a Warning Sign for Wildfires During California’s Dry Season
09/03/22
“Why are heat waves a warning sign for wildfires during California’s dry season?”
Wildfires occur during abnormally hot and dry conditions. In California, there’s an entire dry season. Therefore, when a heat wave occurs, it exacerbates the potential for a wildfire. This is Why Heat Waves Are a Warning Sign for Wildfires During California’s Dry Season.
Ensuring Walkability During Heat Waves
10/23/21
“How can we ensure walkability during heat waves?”
Walkability is an important part for many cities. However, during heat waves this can be put under strain since people are not able to go outside. To protect against this, urban planners can devise tactics such as placing free water stations at strategic points, creating underground cooled passageways, and building water spray areas to keep people cool. This is how we can go do Ensuring Walkability During Heat Waves.
Heat Stress Planning
09/23/21
“How can we integrate heat stress into infrastructure planning?”
Heat stress causes infrastructure to fail and go under. However, if this is not properly planned into infrastructure projections, then catastrophes can occur and lives can be lost. For this reason, Heat Stress Planning is extremely important. This can be accomplished through multiple methods, whether it be analytical modeling through equations, finite-element analysis, or engineering tabulations.
Why More Heat Waves Will Lead to More Hospitalizations
09/14/21
“Why will more heatwaves lead to more hospitalizations?”
The advent of global warming has brought more heatwaves. And with more heatwaves come more taxing situations on the human body, which will, in turn, produce more hospitalizations. This is Why More Heat Waves Will Lead to More Hospitalizations.
Why Rising Temperatures Will Cause Loss of Productivity Due to Sleep Deprivation
09/07/21
“Why will rising temperatures cause a loss of productivity due to sleep deprivation?”
Rising temperatures cause loss of sleep due to overheating. This will lead to sleep deprivation which ends up as a loss of productivity during work. This is Why Rising Temperatures Will Cause Loss of Productivity Due to Sleep Deprivation.
Why Purchasing a Home in a Hot Climate Is a Risky Financial Decision
07/25/21
“Why is purchasing a home in a hot climate a risky financial decision?”
A home’s price is based on a number of externalities, one of them being climate. If the climate is too extreme, people are driven away and the prices go down. With the advent of climate change, hot areas are going to become more hot, so much so that many areas will probably be extremely uncomfortable to live in. Prices will reflect this, and home values may go down with each passing year in those zones. This is Why Purchasing a Home in a Hot Climate Is a Risky Financial Decision.
Climate-Induced Heat Stress on Pipes
07/20/21
“How are pipes affected by heat stress?”
Global warming is going to exacerbate heat stress on all infrastructure. Pipes will have to experience more heat stress which will cause them to expand more and break. This is why Climate-Induced Heat Stress on Pipes will be a problem for the future.
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