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Displaying 15 of about 123 results… It may still be spring, but baking summer heat is about to hit the famously comfortable Pacific … Northwest and western Canada. Starting this weekend, the heat wave will send temperatures soaring 20 to 25 degrees …
… to reverse the long term warming trend as a result of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. 2018 is so far the warmest La Niña year on record. August capped an extended spell of heat for Europe, accompanied by droughts, heatwaves and … after a warm and dry late spring, with a large number of heat records in Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic, along …
… The recent prolonged Siberia heat from January to June 2020 would have been almost … scientists. Their analysis showed that prolonged heat like Siberia experienced from January to June this year … Climate change increased the chances of the prolonged heat by a factor of at least 600. This is among the strongest …
… year was a time of exceptional weather and record-breaking heat according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s annual climate … Climate Statements relating to “extreme” and “abnormal” heat, and reported a number of broken climate records. One of … warming climate. The year ended with some record-breaking heat events. Perhaps the most significant of these was the …
… not to scare the public. The unparalleled setting of new heat extremes is forcing the continual upwards trending of … not to scare the public. The unparalleled setting of new heat extremes is forcing the continual upwards trending of …
… a significant dent in the ongoing drought. Expect extreme heat Large parts of Western Australia, most of Queensland and … has already seen some extraordinary record-breaking heat in recent days, with summer yet to truly begin. With the … El Niño is associated with both longer and more intense heat waves. The exact reason why the states are affected …
… efforts have been directed at the problem of rising heat in cities. “Smart” cities create new relationships and … city respond to the devastating scale and impact of urban heat threats such as bushfires and heatwaves? The Australian Medical Association has warned heat is a “ silent killer ”. It notes that more Australians …
… new report, ‘Dangerous Summer: Escalating Bushfire, Heat and Drought Risk‘, has found this summer is shaping up … have severe effects on human health, including both direct heat illnesses (e.g. heat exhaustion) and indirect impacts (e.g. cardiovascular …
… for scaling adaption investment has never been clearer: heat-fuelled climate perils are already causing 202 million … for scaling adaption investment has never been clearer: heat-fuelled climate perils are already causing 202 million …
… Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, … wildfires and hot weather.” When wildfires and extreme heat occur at the same time, they magnify air pollution: … smoke increases fine particulate matter in the air and the heat combines the smoke and other pollutants to create more …
… Record high early summer temperatures, heat-absorbing soot, and diminishing winter snowfall colluded … end of the century. Much of the melting was caused by heat waves in June. The high temperatures were compounded by … coldwater fish. … Record high early summer temperatures, heat-absorbing soot, and diminishing winter snowfall colluded …
… facing the risk of wildfire or the impacts of extreme heat—two problems only expected to get worse as the climate … facing the risk of wildfire or the impacts of extreme heat—two problems only expected to get worse as the climate …
… of Madrid. “The last decade brought unprecedented heat waves; for instance in the US in 2012, in Russia in … and in Europe in 2003,” lead-author Dim Coumou says. “Heat extremes are causing many deaths, major forest fires, … alone cannot tell us what the cause of any single heat wave is, but they show a large and systematic increase in the …
… The big heat hit India earlier than usual: temperatures of 44°C in … new studies—each quite separate—appear to confirm that heat, drought, and hunger on massive scales can only get … droughts are increasingly likely to happen simultaneously. Heat and drought together multiply the risks of wildfire. A …
… Dangerous weather - intense heat and devastating rainfall – has impacted large parts of … and Atmospheric Administration said that the ongoing heat stress in Florida has not been this high this early in … change. “ Without human induced climate change these heat events would however have been extremely rare. In China …