---
_id: '36834'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Increasing average temperatures
    and heat waves are having devasting impacts on human health and well-being but
    studies of heat impacts and how people adapt are rare and often confined to specific
    locations. In this study, we explore how analysis of conversations on social media
    can be used to understand how people feel about heat waves and how they respond.
    We collected global Twitter data over four months (from January to April 2022)
    using predefined hashtags about heat waves. Topic modelling identified five topics.
    The largest (one-third of all tweets) was related to sports events. The remaining
    two-thirds could be allocated to four topics connected to communication about
    climate-related heat or heat waves. Two of these were on the impacts of heat and
    heat waves (health impacts 20%; social impacts 16%), one was on extreme weather
    and climate change attribution (17%) and the last one was on perceptions and warning
    (13%). The number of tweets in each week corresponded well with major heat wave
    occurrences in Argentina, Australia, the USA and South Asia (India and Pakistan),
    indicating that people posting tweets were aware of the threat from heat and its
    impacts on the society. Among the words frequently used within the topic ‘Social
    impacts’ were ‘air-conditioning’ and ‘electricity’, suggesting links between coping
    strategies and financial pressure. Apart from analysing the content of tweets,
    new insights were also obtained from analysing how people engaged with Twitter
    tweets about heat or heat waves. We found that tweets posted early, and which
    were then shared by other influential Twitter users, were among the most popular.
    Finally, we found that the most popular tweets belonged to individual scientists
    or respected news outlets, with no evidence that misinformation about climate
    change-related heat is widespread.\r\n</jats:p>"
author:
- first_name: Kerstin K.
  full_name: Zander, Kerstin K.
  last_name: Zander
- first_name: Jonas
  full_name: Rieskamp, Jonas
  id: '77643'
  last_name: Rieskamp
- first_name: Milad
  full_name: Mirbabaie, Milad
  id: '88691'
  last_name: Mirbabaie
- first_name: Mamoun
  full_name: Alazab, Mamoun
  last_name: Alazab
- first_name: Duy
  full_name: Nguyen, Duy
  last_name: Nguyen
citation:
  ama: 'Zander KK, Rieskamp J, Mirbabaie M, Alazab M, Nguyen D. Responses to heat
    waves: what can Twitter data tell us? <i>Natural Hazards</i>. Published online
    2023. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>'
  apa: 'Zander, K. K., Rieskamp, J., Mirbabaie, M., Alazab, M., &#38; Nguyen, D. (2023).
    Responses to heat waves: what can Twitter data tell us? <i>Natural Hazards</i>.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Zander_Rieskamp_Mirbabaie_Alazab_Nguyen_2023, title={Responses
    to heat waves: what can Twitter data tell us?}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>},
    journal={Natural Hazards}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
    author={Zander, Kerstin K. and Rieskamp, Jonas and Mirbabaie, Milad and Alazab,
    Mamoun and Nguyen, Duy}, year={2023} }'
  chicago: 'Zander, Kerstin K., Jonas Rieskamp, Milad Mirbabaie, Mamoun Alazab, and
    Duy Nguyen. “Responses to Heat Waves: What Can Twitter Data Tell Us?” <i>Natural
    Hazards</i>, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>.'
  ieee: 'K. K. Zander, J. Rieskamp, M. Mirbabaie, M. Alazab, and D. Nguyen, “Responses
    to heat waves: what can Twitter data tell us?,” <i>Natural Hazards</i>, 2023,
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>.'
  mla: 'Zander, Kerstin K., et al. “Responses to Heat Waves: What Can Twitter Data
    Tell Us?” <i>Natural Hazards</i>, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2">10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2</a>.'
  short: K.K. Zander, J. Rieskamp, M. Mirbabaie, M. Alazab, D. Nguyen, Natural Hazards
    (2023).
date_created: 2023-01-14T10:51:36Z
date_updated: 2023-01-14T10:52:35Z
doi: 10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2
keyword:
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Atmospheric Science
- Water Science and Technology
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Natural Hazards
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0921-030X
  - 1573-0840
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: 'Responses to heat waves: what can Twitter data tell us?'
type: journal_article
user_id: '77643'
year: '2023'
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