A decade of German heatwaves evident in social media data
Abstract
Heat
is
a
global
public
health
risk
which
kills
many
people
every
year.
This
true
even
in
temperate
climates
like
that
of
Europe
has
experienced
an
increasing
number
intense
heatwaves
the
last
decade.
study
uses
unique
dataset
more
than
57,000
X
(formerly
Twitter)
conversations
from
users
Germany
about
over
period
2013
to
2022.
Structural
topic
modelling
revealed
nine
topics,
with
increase
and
diversity
topics
since
2018,
year
unprecedented
drought
Europe,
including
Germany.
Before
German
tweets
related
primarily
expressed
concern
on
scale,
such
wildfires
Australia.
In
2015
there
was
brief
spike
began
comment
local
impacts
heat
their
lives.
Topics
included
complaints
heat,
air-conditioning
shortages
heat-related
train
delays.
From
however,
have
proliferated
personal
adaptations
along
frequent
warnings
advice
how
cope
relieve
heat.
European
droughts
also
gained
prominence
2018
onwards,
shifting
being
problem
outside
one
affecting
countries,
those
frequently
visited
by
Germans
as
tourists.
Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2024
Язык: Английский