Heat waves: a hot topic in climate change research

Research on heat waves (periods of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity) is a newly emerging research topic within the field of climate change research with high relevance for the whole of society. In this study, we analyzed the rapidly growing scientific literature dea...

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Vydáno v:	Theoretical and applied climatology Ročník 146; číslo 1-2; s. 781 - 800
Hlavní autoři:	Marx, Werner, Haunschild, Robin, Bornmann, Lutz
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Vienna Springer Vienna 01.10.2021 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Témata:	Analysis Aquatic Pollution Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Atmospheric Sciences Australia Climate change Climate change research Climate science Climatology Drought Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Europe Global temperature changes Heat Heat islands Heat waves Heatwaves High humidity hospitals Hot weather Humidity mortality Original Paper politics Regions risk estimate Survivability Survival Temperature rise Urban heat islands Waste Water Technology Water Management Water Pollution Control Weather Australia Europe
ISSN:	0177-798X, 1434-4483
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Shrnutí:	Research on heat waves (periods of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity) is a newly emerging research topic within the field of climate change research with high relevance for the whole of society. In this study, we analyzed the rapidly growing scientific literature dealing with heat waves. No summarizing overview has been published on this literature hitherto. We developed a suitable search query to retrieve the relevant literature covered by the Web of Science (WoS) as complete as possible and to exclude irrelevant literature ( n = 8,011 papers). The time evolution of the publications shows that research dealing with heat waves is a highly dynamic research topic, doubling within about 5 years. An analysis of the thematic content reveals the most severe heat wave events within the recent decades (1995 and 2003), the cities and countries/regions affected (USA, Europe, and Australia), and the ecological and medical impacts (drought, urban heat islands, excess hospital admissions, and mortality). An alarming finding is that the limit for survivability may be reached at the end of the twenty-first century in many regions of the world due to the fatal combination of rising temperatures and humidity levels measured as “wet-bulb temperature” (WBT). Risk estimation and future strategies for adaptation to hot weather are major political issues. We identified 104 citation classics, which include fundamental early works of research on heat waves and more recent works (which are characterized by a relatively strong connection to climate change).
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ISSN:	0177-798X 1434-4483
DOI:	10.1007/s00704-021-03758-y