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Displaying 60 of about 195 results… By Alexia Vlachou As Greece was in the grip of the first heat wave of this summer on Sunday with the temperatures rising to … smartphone application was launched with an aim to reduce heat risks, according to the national meteorological agency …
… oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves. Off the San Diego coast, scientists earlier this … 1916. [...] Between 1982 and 2016, the number of “marine heat waves” roughly doubled, and likely will become more … released Wednesday found. Prolonged periods of extreme heat in the oceans can damage kelp forests and coral reefs, …
… 7 degrees Celsuis hotter than outside, and research shows heat in some of them rising from a former peak of 36C to … city that last week hosted an international forum on heat risks from climate change. Global experts on health, … (WMO) in Switzerland, called "the silent emergency that heat poses to health". As part of the effort, they launched …
… still floods causing havoc during the monsoon. Feeling the heat The summer months are increasingly hot, said the women … rural villages in Churachandpur have to bear the summer heat without amenities, in Lamka ceiling fans and standing … still floods causing havoc during the monsoon. Feeling the heat The summer months are increasingly hot, said the women …
… of extreme weather in the United States, particularly heat waves. Last summer the U.S. Southwest experienced life-threatening heat waves , which are especially dangerous for elderly … may adapt to climate change. Our key finding is that both heat waves and cold snaps increase mortality rates. For …
… By Sandhya Sekar With drought and heat posing individual threats, there is also the looming threat of frequent double whammies of drought and heat. Studies show an increase in area and frequency of … with a drastic climatic event like concurrent drought and heat. The frequency of extreme weather events is going up …
… to implement the project, "Minimizing the impact of heat wave on vulnerable groups in Hanoi through capacity building … - a key component for determining whether to act before a heat wave - Mr. Hung said he hoped that representatives of …
… might or might not work as we try to adapt to the coming heat. Now a team of researchers led by Arizona State … will provide only a fraction of relief from the projected heat. The researchers looked at the daily interaction between … megapolitan areas. Then they examined a spectrum of heat-mitigating strategies that included street-level trees …
… Human-caused climate change will drive more extreme summer heat waves in the western U.S., including in California and … as early as 2020, new research shows. The new analysis of heat wave patterns across the U.S., led by scientists at the …
… kidney and respiratory disease. There will be 7,000 heat-related deaths every year in the UK by 2050 if the … homes and transport networks are able to deal with extreme heat, and that local authorities and cities have green spaces and heat-resilient infrastructure.” The Committee has called on …
By Owen Price
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service declared the earliest total fire bans in its history this week. The entire state was declared to be in drought on the same day.
The combination of winter drought and hot, dry weather has made dangerous fires increasingly likely.
Already this week two fires on the south coast hav…
By Katharine Murphy
Extreme weather over summer could reduce the output of coal, gas and hydro power generators and cause problems with the reliability of electricity supply, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.
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“Extreme temperatures and extended heatwaves elevate the risk of extreme peak demands on the network, and can…
… Severe winters combined with heat waves and droughts during summer in Europe. Those were the consequences as the Atlantic Ocean heat transport nearly collapsed 12,000 years ago. The same … in recent years suggest that the northward oceanic heat transport through the Atlantic Meridional Overturning …
… compelling evidence that loss of life through increased heat stress during heatwaves can be limited if we stabilise … currently around 10 per cent of summers are free of any heat-related mortality, but this research has shown that … future climate change virtually all summers will have some heat-related mortality. Researchers from Bristol who lead …
… more than 100 million Europeans will typically see summer heat that exceeds anything in the 1950-2017 observed record … with previous studies, which have examined specific heat events in Europe like those in 2003 and 2010 , we … in Europe projected to experience unprecedented summer heat. In a typical summer in the current climate, we would …