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Compound hot–humid events are placing increasing pressure on urban health and land-use governance as climate warming and urban expansion continue. This study examined urban built-up areas in 21 prefecture-level cities and prefectures of Sichuan...

HERIe was used to model the effect of changes to indoor climate on the risk of humidity-induced mechanical damage (cracking and plastic deformation) to wooden panels painted with stiff gesso in two Norwegian medieval stone churches: Kinn (mean relati...

Global warming is reshaping terrestrial water cycling and near-surface climate risks through atmospheric moistening, enhanced precipitation variability, rising evaporative demand, and more frequent compound extremes. This narrative review synthesizes...

Cities are facing increased heat-related health risks (HHRs) due to the combined effects of global warming and rapid urbanization. However, few studies have focused on HHR assessment based on fine-scale information. Moreover, most studies only analyz...

Extreme temperatures impose thermal stress on human health, resulting in increased hospitalizations and mortality rate. We investigated the circulatory and respiratory causes of death for the years 2007 to 2014 inclusive for the urban and rural areas...

Objectives: To evaluate CV profiles, periprocedural complications, and in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) according to climate. Methods: Data from 2478 AMI patients (1779 men; mean age 67 ∓ 13 years; Pasquinucci Hospital...

Along with climate warming, extreme heat events have become more frequent, severe, and seriously threaten rice production. Precisely evaluating rice heat levels based on heat duration and a cumulative intensity index dominated by temperature and humi...

Humidity is a significant factor contributing to heat stress, but without enough consideration in studies of quantifying heat hazard or heat risk assessment. Here, the simplified wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) considering joint effects of temperat...

The upper facilities of polar marine equipment face severe freezing risks in ice-covered regions, necessitating energy-efficient electric heat tracing design. Existing models neglect coupled environmental factors (temperature–wind–humidit...

The objective of this study was to investigate a connection between CH₄ emissions and reticulorumen pH and temperature. During the experiment, we registered the following parameters: reticulorumen pH (pH), reticulorumen temperature (RR temp.), reticu...

Effects of climate change are perceived in ever larger areas of the planet. Heat waves occur with increasing frequency, constituting a risk to the population, especially for the most sensitive subjects. Preventive information to the population on the...

High relative humidity can increase the risk of heat stress in dairy cows, but its effects in humid continental climates are not well defined. This study evaluated how humidity levels influence dry matter intake, milk yield and composition, physiolog...

This paper presents experimental studies of the formation of thermal and humidity conditions in two wooden historic churches in southern Poland. The environmental and cultural changes taking shape are creating the need to modernize existing buildings...

The changing climate poses a significant challenge to the dairy industry, particularly in Punjab’s Faisalabad region, a central milk production hub. Rising temperatures and humidity exacerbate heat stress, endangering rural livelihoods. This st...

The transport of animals by sea (‘live export’) is one of the most important current animal welfare issues in Australian society. Recent media attention has highlighted concerns regarding the effects of high environmental temperature and...

The effect of humidity and heat environmental conditions on the durability of conventional bamboo materials is a pressing issue in the reserving phase of biomass materials. In this study, the relationship between the main physicochemical, pyrolytic,...

Technological developments in the health sector for the safety of neonates are essential. Such efforts are needed to curb the increase in premature infant mortality cases caused by bacteria, asphyxia, infections, and poor management of facility equip...

This research has developed a heat stroke warning system prototype for athletes utilizing the following sensors: DHT22, GY-906-BAA MLX90614, MAX30102. The device calculates the heat stroke risk and notifies users. The data is recorded, stored, displa...

This study investigates steady-state conductive heat transfer and water-vapor diffusion through the external wall of a refrigerated warehouse with a specified load-bearing wall assembly. The formal analogy between heat conduction and mass diffusion i...

Global and urban-induced local warming lead to increasing heat risk in cities. The rapid increase in urban population, weak infrastructure, poverty, as well as an ageing population, make the risk more acute in developing cities. However, heat risk is...

Early-age cracking remains a major durability challenge for concrete. It is primarily caused by internal restraint stresses induced by humidity and temperature gradients during hydration. Conventional approaches often fail to capture the coupled and...

High air temperature and high humidity, combined with low wind speeds, are common trends in the tropical urban climates, which collectively govern heat-induced health risks and outdoor thermal comfort under the given hygrothermal conditions. The impa...

Global warming has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme high-temperature events, with evolution patterns differing substantially under various temperature–humidity combinations. This study used observational data from 21 meteorologi...

In large-scale caged broiler houses, the combined effects of ventilation regulation, external meteorological disturbances, and changes in flock growth stages can easily cause the indoor thermal environment to deviate from the target settings, thereby...

This article presents experimental research on hygrothermal conditions in a historic wooden church in southern Poland. The scope of the research included the continuous monitoring of temperature and relative humidity in several measuring plots in dif...

High ambient temperature and humidity greatly increase the risk of hyperthermia and mortality, particularly in infants, who are especially prone to dehydration. World areas at high risk of heat stress include many of the low- and middle-income countr...

With the changes in global temperature and humidity, heat stress is expected to intensify in the coming decades. Under the scenario that greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing until the end of this century, there is the possibility of extensive glo...

High temperatures lead to heat-related human stress and an increased mortality risk. To quantify heat discomfort and the relevant dangers, heat stress indices combine different meteorological variables such as temperature, relative humidity, radiatio...

Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causing profound health, economic, and social problems worldwide. Management of personal protective equipment (PPE) and its potential limited availability have created concer...

This study analyzes more than a century of hourly meteorological data (1901–2024) from the Thissio station in central Athens, Greece, to assess the long-term changes in human thermal discomfort. Three simple and widely used bioclimatic indices,...

This study investigates the dispersion and condensation behavior of tritiated water vapor released into the atmosphere using moist air as a carrier, with an emphasis on safety optimization for nuclear power plant effluent discharge. A coupled heat an...

Weather patterns substantially influence extreme weathers in Japan. Extreme high temperature events can cause serious health problems, including heat stroke. Therefore, understanding weather patterns, along with their impacts on human health, is crit...

The indoor environment that surrounds us and the elements in it affect not only our mood but also the air quality. Vegetation elements are currently more popular, especially for their aesthetic value but also because of the fact that they affect the...

In the context of global climate change and rapid population growth, more people in cities are facing heat threats. Although health risk assessment is critical for reducing heat-related morbidity and mortality, previous studies have not accurately id...

This study examines whether daily heat exposure worsens psychological well-being among self-employed motorcycle delivery workers in Brasília, Brazil. Using ecological momentary assessment over 15 consecutive days in August 2025, 45 workers wer...

To elucidate features of the recent urban thermal–humidity climate, this study interrogates high-density observational data (2018–2023) from Xining, a key urban area on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), focusing on recent changes and extremes. Re...

The health of urban populations is increasingly at risk due to the amplification and chronification of urban heat stress by climate change. This is particularly true for urban environments in humid tropical climates, including many cities in Southeas...

Understanding how climate change alters the thermal environment experienced by dairy cattle is critical for guiding adaptation in rapidly warming regions. Using meteorological data from 1961 to 2020, this study quantified long-term trends in temperat...

Marathon heat stress is an increasing public health concern under climate change, particularly for mass participation endurance events. Using 967,878 runners from 18 U.S. marathon events between 2011 and 2019, this study examined the nonlinear associ...

This study assesses the exposure of the 155 Greek seaports to marine flooding and extreme heat under climate change. Flood exposure was estimated through a threshold approach that compared projected mean and extreme sea levels to high-resolution port...

Climate change-related weather extremes and air pollution have wide-ranging health effects, with emerging evidence suggesting a potential influence on pain. This narrative review explores the relationship between climate-related weather parameters/ai...

During January 2014, Norway experienced unusually cold and dry weather conditions leading to very low indoor relative humidity (RH) in inhabited (heated) wooden homes. The resulting dry wood played an important role in the two most severe accidental...

This study investigates microclimatic variation across four environmentally and socially vulnerable neighborhoods in Philadelphia, utilizing ground-based measurements to assess urban heat (UH) and heat stress (HS). HS metrics, specifically Wet-Bulb G...

While shade and air flow are recognised factors that reduce outdoor heat exposure, the level of reduction in terms of labour capacity at varying air temperature and humidity levels is poorly understood. This study investigated cooling effects on the...

Individual respiratory protective devices and face masks represent critical tools in protecting health care workers in hospitals and clinics, and play a central role in decreasing the spread of the high-risk pandemic infection of 2019, coronavirus di...

Prefabricated components inevitably generate numerous assembly joints during installation, with each 1 mm increase in joint width correlating to a 15–20% elevation in the annual occurrence frequency of the frost formation risk. In the Inner Mon...

The hazard of highly combustible marine oil leakage greatly increases fishing vessel operation risks. This research integrates an experiment to explore the coupling mechanism of a typical heated surface of an engine room as a source to ignite marine...

Climatic data from different years and experiments conducted in Nebraska were used to estimate four comfort thermal indices and to predict the risk of heat stress and its relationship with pen surface temperature (PST). These included the temperature...

Global warming and the increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves are resulting in more frequent unfavourable weather conditions for outdoor activities, especially during the summer. The building environment can alter weather conditions, result...

Mass sporting events in the summertime are influenced by underlying weather patterns, with high temperatures posing a risk for spectators and athletes alike. To better understand weather variations in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) during the Pan Ame...