Human Factors Explain the Increased Losses from Weather and Climate Extremes

摘要: Abstract Societal impacts from weather and climate extremes, trends in those impacts, are a function of both society. United States losses resulting extremes have grown steadily with time. Insured property trebled since 1960, but deaths not except for due to floods heat waves. Data on difficult find must be carefully adjusted before meaningful assessments can made. Adjustments historical loss data assembled the late 1940s shows that most upward found financial societal shifts leading ever—growing vulnerability extremes. Geographical locations large establish population growth demographic major factors behind increasing weather—climate Most do exhibit steady, multidecadal increases their values. Without majo...