Heatwaves are the extreme weather events that kills the most worldwide together with its close cousin the long-term draught. Peer-reviewed analysis places the European death toll at more than 70,000, in the 2003 European heatwave alone [1]. This was in developed countries with the resources to mitigate the worst consequences. It lasted one month which makes this event as mortal as the ongoing pandemic.
The WHO defines heatwaves as more than three days with temperatures above 25 degrees C. This is when conditions start to get dangerous to humans. Other definitions are linked to higher temperatures than the normal temperatures – but what happens when the normal temperatures rise? Will there be less heatwaves?
Igor Ezau dicuss with Stephen outten and Ingjald Pilskog in this new episode “Heatwaves, the weather that can kill thousands in developed countries”.
[1] Robine, Jean-Marie; Cheung, Siu Lan K.; Le Roy, Sophie; Van Oyen, Herman; Griffiths, Clare; Michel, Jean-Pierre; Herrmann, François Richard (2008). "Solongo". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 331 (2): 171–178. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2007.12.001. ISSN 1631-0691. PMID 18241810
Are we melting Antarctica irreversibly?
Arven etter Nansen – med forskar Marius Årthun
North America's greatest export: Warm weather to Europe
SciSnack stories – articles from our young and early career scientists
Citizen scientists help bringing water to the weather models
Før og etter hockeykøllegrafen – med Øyvind Paasche
Storm tracks – A conveyor belt of warm moist air
neXtSIM - The next generation of ice forecast
Improving weather prediction in the Arctic
Kronprinsen på tokt til Antarktis
How to predict extreme events with Stefan Sobolowski
The push for predicting the future climate
Blir klimaet bedre om vi snakker norsk?
Surfing, oljesøl og torskeyngel
Siv Kari Lauvset og robotbøyene
Klimadirektørene om klimatilpasning og hvorfor de er optimister
Klimadirektørenes guide til COP24
Torskevarsel med Marius Årthun
1,5-gradersrapporten med Asgeir Sorteberg
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast
Museum of the Missing
Strange by Nature Podcast
Sasquatch Chronicles
Hidden Brain