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HEAT WAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wave of unusually hot weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("heat wave" is a kind of...):
wave (a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures))
Context examples:
In 2011, some 15 years into a long-term study of the ecological importance of tiger sharks in Shark Bay, a heat wave struck the region.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
The droughtlike conditions that exist in heat waves reduce soil moisture, making near-surface temperatures hotter and inhibiting the role played by vegetation in absorbing ozone, resulting in lower air quality.
(Dangers of Concurrent Heat Waves, Air Pollution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Blocking events caused deadly heat waves in France in 2003 and in Russia in 2010.
(Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change, National Science Foundation)
New research shows that heat can affect even healthy young adults intellectually, with worse cognitive performance observed in students who slept in a non-air-conditioned room during a heat wave.
(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)
The team of scientists looked at the most harmful weather-related disasters — heat waves, cold snaps, wildfires, droughts, floods and windstorms — across the European Union, plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.
(Study: Climate Change Will Bring 50-Fold Rise in Europe Weather-related Deaths, VOA News)
Now Shark Bay's seagrasses are struggling to bounce back from the heat wave.
(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)
The weather factors that drive heat waves also contribute to intensified surface ozone and air pollution episodes, said UCI (the University of California, Irvine) professor of Earth system science Michael J. Prather, co-author of the study.
(Dangers of Concurrent Heat Waves, Air Pollution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If the high-pressure system becomes bigger, you are going to get bigger heat waves that affect more people, and you are likely going to get stronger heat waves.
(Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change, National Science Foundation)
Researchers from Harvard University recruited 24 students who slept with air-conditioning and 20 who slept in rooms without AC before, during and after a Boston-area heat wave.
(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)
Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure weather systems called blocking events, which have already produced some of the 21st century's deadliest heat waves, according to a study by Rice University researchers.
(Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change, National Science Foundation)
