Cold and heat adaptations in humans are a part of the broad adaptability of Homo sapiens. Adaptations in humans can be physiological, genetic, or cultural...

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in their tissues. Amphibians and reptiles cope with heat gain by evaporative cooling and behavioral adaptations. An example of behavioral adaptation is...

and behavioural mechanisms resulting from conscious cultural adaptations. There are four avenues of heat loss: convection, conduction, radiation, and...

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while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Amplified warming in the Arctic has contributed to thawing permafrost, retreat of glaciers and sea...

ambient heat. Such internally generated heat is mainly an incidental product of the animal's routine metabolism, but under conditions of excessive cold or...

avoid harm for people, and is usually done alongside climate change mitigation. It also aims to exploit opportunities. Humans may also intervene to help...

switched to diurnality to help gain more heat through the day, and therefore conserve more energy, especially in colder seasons. Light is one of the most defining...

cells stored in the spleen, and, in humans, heart rhythm irregularities. Although aquatic animals have evolved profound physiological adaptations to conserve...

poses danger to human health, because heat and sunlight overwhelm the thermoregulation in humans. There are several definitions of heat waves: The IPCC...

temperature-sensitive human organ. Thus the loss of fur was also a factor in further adaptations, both physical and behavioral, that differentiated humans from other...

A heat exchanger is a system used to transfer heat between a source and a working fluid. Heat exchangers are used in both cooling and heating processes...

to swimming in very cold water. Beneficial adaptations include the following: having an insulating layer of body fat covering the limbs and torso; ability...

advantage: adaptations to cold temperatures, called cold-eurythemy, are seen as essential for the survival of species during ice ages. In addition, the...

described in relation to heat shock, but are now known to also be expressed during other stresses including exposure to cold, UV light and during wound healing...

Humans (Homo sapiens) or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo. They are...

70% of their heat loss, and horses sweat three times more than humans while undergoing comparably strenuous physical activity. Unlike humans, this sweat...

seen in the past. Extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history. The main types of extreme weather include heat waves, cold waves...

– 'various', 'spotted', and therme – 'heat') whose internal temperature varies considerably. Poikilotherms have to survive and adapt to environmental stress...

its body surface to the air by 16%, facilitating further heat loss. In addition to the cold, the emperor penguin encounters another stressful condition...

and catabolism etc. This is comparable to a common incandescent light-bulb. However, adult humans can produce in excess of 1,000 W (1.3 hp) of heat energy...

levels during cold periods. Along with these behavioral adaptations, the northern short-tailed shrew increases its ability to generate body heat during the...

control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from...

ability to absorb ambient heat from geothermal water or sun-warmed rocks is critical. Behavioral adaptations, such as basking and thermally selective habitat...

temperatures have increased cold or heat tolerance as adults, respectively (See Developmental plasticity). The salt content of sweat and urine decreases as people...

famous adaptations, such as Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation and the 2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg, choosing to set the events in a contemporary...

(UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature and in some cases also controlling the...