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Stressed out: how to measure dangerous heat

Phys Dot Org 14 Jun 2024

Copernicus, the EU's climate monitor, uses the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), which considers temperature and humidity but also wind, sunshine and radiated heat to rank heat stress levels from moderate to extreme.

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What is heat stress, a ‘silent killer’ during scorching weather conditions?

Hindustan Times 14 Jun 2024

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Could Alien Solar Panels Be Technosignatures?

Universe Today 22 May 2024

If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy ... 1993) ... Image Credit. Seager et al. 2005 ... (Right) Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020, Attribution, https.//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90537462 ... .

photo: AP / Michael Probst, File

FILE - A man rides his bike on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, as the sun rises on July 9, 2023. Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the need for governments to address the health impacts of global warming.

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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023

Al Jazeera 22 Apr 2024

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Europe suffered record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023: monitors

Raw Story 22 Apr 2024

... said Rebecca Emerton, a climate scientist at Copernicus. For this study, Copernicus and WMO used the Universal Thermal Climate Index, which measures the effect of the environment on the human body.

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TUESDAY, March 5, 2024

Korea Times 04 Mar 2024

1616-Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index. 1933-Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9 percent-17.2M votes) ... (Chicago) ... 1984-U.S ... .

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The conflict between science and religion in the Middle Ages

The Cleveland American 09 Dec 2023

In 1616, the Catholic Church included the works of Copernicus on the Index of Prohibited Books and warned Galileo to refrain from defending the heliocentric theory.

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Did Life Need Plate Tectonics to Emerge?

Universe Today 15 Jun 2023

Does this have implications for our search for habitable worlds? ... H ... https.//se.copernicus.org/articles/1/5/2010/, CC BY 3.0, https.//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28866494 ... CC BY-SA 3.0, https.//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=377478.

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15 fascinating facts about the 'Father of Modern Astronomy', Nicolaus Copernicus

Interesting Engineering 07 Oct 2022

The Catholic Church rejected Copernicus' book, which was written with the Pope in mind, only many decades after it had been published, adding it to the Index of Prohibited Books in 1616 while it was still being revised.

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A rising share of people are exposed to dangerously high temperatures

Economist 21 Jul 2022

The Universal Thermal Climate Index (utci) produced by the eu’s Earth-observation programme, Copernicus, measures heat at hourly intervals, dividing the world into 865,000 grid squares ... Copernicus; European Commission; World Bank; The Economist .

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The heliocentric model and its influence on the current astronomical model

Interesting Engineering 25 Apr 2022

The heliocentric model was introduced in the 16th century by Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus ... Copernicus' theory had several issues ... The ban was lifted in 1758, except for Copernicus’ and Galileo’s works.