Screenshot of an interactive graphic produced by the Associated Press that imagines a brand-new data set on worldwide extreme heat exposure.The Associated Press (AP) has produced an interactive function that explores increasing heat extremes in cities worldwide. The feature uses data from CIESIN, a center within the new Columbia Climate School. The dataset was produced as part of a study led by CIESIN postdoctoral research scientist Cascade Tuholske, released last month. Tuholske and his co-authors integrated temperature and humidity procedures with population estimates to much better comprehend how growing heat extremes impact vulnerable urban people. They discovered that global urban extreme heat direct exposure has actually tripled given that the 1980s, raising concerns about the health and well being of billions of people worldwide.The AP function guides you through the data set and pictures the threat of the crossway of soaring and rising temperature levels population growth. Go to the AP site to tour the worlds hottest cities, and find out how increases in extreme heat are most likely to effect growing numbers of individuals around the globe in the coming decades.
