Global heat stress on health, wildfires, and agricultural crops under different levels of climate warming

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 128; pp. 125 - 136
• Main Authors: Sun, Qiaohong, Miao, Chiyuan, Hanel, Martin, Borthwick, Alistair G.L., Duan, Qingyun, Ji, Duoying, Li, Hu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: 1.5 °C warming target; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; corn; crops; developing countries; emissions; environmental policy; Exposure; fire hazard; fire season; Global warming; heat; heat stress; Heat-related extremes; human health; India; population density; Russia; soybeans; tropics; United States; wheat; wildfires; Canada; United States; China; Brazil; Australia; India; Russia; Global warming; Exposure; Heat-related extremes; 1.5 °C warming target

The effects of heat stress are spatially heterogeneous owing to local variations in climate response, population density, and social conditions. Using global climate and impact models from the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project, our analysis shows that the frequency and intensity of...