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We demonstrate that heat inhibits learning and that school air-conditioning mitigates this effect. Student fixed effects models using 10 million PSAT-retakers show hotter school days in years before the test reduce scores, with extreme heat being particularly damaging. Weekend and summer heat...
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temperatures from over 8,500 weather stations, and seawater composition from over 380,000 oceanographic stations were analyzed for … annual and seasonal temperatures compiled at weather stations, and atmospheric CO2 concentrations were significantly …
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optimal temperature levels to extreme patterns hamper economic productivity. Extreme temperatures affect heating and cooling …
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This paper uses year-to-year variation in temperature to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on health outcomes in Mexico. Combining temperature data at the district level and three rounds of nationally representative household surveys, an individual's health as an adult is matched...
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This study comprehensively assesses the immediate effects of extreme weather conditions and high concentrations of … hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme … simultaneous weather and pollution conditions. We find strong evidence for "harvesting", and that the instantaneous heat …
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The study of extreme air temperatures in the area of Oradea is based on data recorded at the Oradea weather station … absolute maximum air temperature at the Oradea weather station was 40.4ºC, it was recorded on 20 July 2007. The annual absolute …
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Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) that are deactivated or not operate in cold weather conditions, may result in elevated NOx emissions …
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