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Hundreds of Deaths in 2003 Heat Wave Linked to Climate Change
2016-07-08 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Heat Wave Linked to Climate Change A new study suggests that human-caused climate change could be responsible for a significant portion of the 70,000 deaths that occurred during the record-breaking 2003 European heat wave. The research, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, combined climate modeling with health data for hundreds of fatalities that summer. Climate change, the study found, increased the likelihood of heat-related losses by nearly 70 percent in Paris and 20 percent...
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Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change
2016-07-07 18:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys.Org: Hundreds of deaths in two cities in 2003 heatwave due to man-made climate change: study Scientists have specified how many deaths can be attributed to man-made climate change during an extreme heatwave in two European cities in 2003. They calculate that in Paris, the hottest city in Europe during the heatwave in summer 2003, 506 out of 735 summer deaths recorded in the French capital were due to a heatwave made worse by man-made climate change. The impact of climate change was less severe in London,...
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Hundreds evacuated in Detroit suburb after gas explosion
2016-07-02 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people were briefly evacuated from their homes in the Michigan town of Melvindale on Saturday morning after a car hit a natural gas main at a DTE Energy (DTE.N) facility and caused an explosion and fire, police said. The evacuations were a precaution in case the fire affected natural gas pipelines or underground wires. No one was hurt except for the driver of the car, and residents were allowed to return home a few hours after the fire was put out, police said. Local television showed...
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Hundreds of Recycling Centers Close in California
2016-06-24 16:19:00| Waste Age
Hundreds of recycling centers in California are shutting down due to a financial crunch, and many residents are left wondering what will happen to their recyclables if the closures continue. read more
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Australia flooding forces hundreds into evacuation centers
2016-06-05 08:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Torrential rain and high winds battered Australia's east coast on Sunday, leaving up to 26,000 homes without power while flooding forced hundreds of people into evacuation centers. Residents from towns along the coast of New South Wales state were evacuated as flood waters rose, while state-owned electricity infrastructure firm Ausgrid said it expected the number of homes without power to rise. The extreme weather also prompted Sydney Airport to close two of three runways, and forced a Qantas...
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