Effects of the 2003 European heatwave on the Central Mediterranean Sea surface layer: a numerical simulation A. Olita, R. Sorgente, A. Ribotti, S. Natale, and S. Gabers̆ek IMC – International Marine Centre Loc. Sa Mardini, 09170 Oristano – Italy now at: University of Ljubljana, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, 1000-SI, Slovenia Received: 24 March 2006 – Accepted: 2...

OBJECTIVE The extreme heatwave of 2009 in South Australia dramatically increased morbidity, with a 14-fold increase in direct heat-related hospitalisation in metropolitan Adelaide. Our study aimed to identify risk factors for the excess morbidity. DESIGN A matched case-control study of risk factors was conducted. SETTING Patients and matched community controls were interviewed to gather dat...

Public health measures need to be implemented to prevent heat-related illness and mortality in the community and in institutions that care for elderly or vulnerable people. Heat health warning systems (HHWS) link public health actions to meteorological forecasts of dangerous weather. Such systems are being implemented in Europe in the absence of strong evidence of the effectiveness of specific ...

BACKGROUND Heatwaves are hot weather events, which breach regional or national thresholds, that last for several days. They are likely to occur with increasing frequency in some parts of the world. The potential consequences were illustrated in Europe in August 2003 when there were an estimated 30,000 excess deaths due to a heatwave. Electric fans might be used with the intention of reducing th...

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