{"id":17838,"date":"2024-01-22T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T10:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=17838"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:31:44","slug":"climate-change-data-and-health-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2024\/01\/22\/climate-change-data-and-health-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change, Data and Health: Extreme Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may seem strange to talk about extreme heat in the middle of winter, but last week NASA released an analysis that confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year<\/a> on record (El an\u00e1lisis de la NASA confirma que 2023 fue el a\u00f1o m\u00e1s c\u00e1lido registrado<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This post is part of a semi-regular series looking at climate change, data and health. This series has already covered the basics of\u00a0Climate Change, Data and Health<\/a> and Climate Change, Data and Health: Extreme Weather Events<\/a> and in the future may cover other topics like vector borne diseases.<\/p>\n

What is climate change?<\/h2>\n

From NASA\u2019s Climate Kids<\/a>: \u201cClimate change describes a change in the average conditions \u2014 such as temperature and rainfall \u2014 in a region over a long period of time. NASA scientists have observed Earth\u2019s surface is warming, and many of the warmest years on record have happened in the past 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cambio clim\u00e1tico evidencia, causas y efectos<\/a>\u00a0(NASA)<\/p>\n

Climate Change and Extreme Heat<\/h2>\n

\u201cExtreme heat is defined as summertime temperatures that are much hotter and\/or humid than average. Because some places are hotter than others, this depends on what\u2019s considered average for a particular location at that time of year.\u201d –About Extreme Heat (CDC)<\/a><\/p>\n