Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves

Author:

Mazdiyasni Omid1ORCID,AghaKouchak Amir1,Davis Steven J.2,Madadgar Shahrbanou1,Mehran Ali13,Ragno Elisa1,Sadegh Mojtaba14,Sengupta Ashmita5ORCID,Ghosh Subimal6ORCID,Dhanya C. T.7ORCID,Niknejad Mohsen1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

2. Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

3. Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

4. Department of Civil Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.

5. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA.

6. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India.

7. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110016, India.

Abstract

An increase of 0.5°C in summer mean temperatures increases the probability of mass heat-related mortality in India by 146%.

Funder

Army Research Laboratory

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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