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Canberra gardeners warned against wasting water in heatwave
2014-01-12 14:38:49| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: WHEN the temperatures nudge 28 degrees and above in the ACT, Canberrans reach for their garden hoses, according to the latest figures. But most of the top-watering of plants and lawns is likely to do more harm than good, according to one plant expert. On average, daily water consumption in 2013 was about 130 megalitres but as the temperature rose to 34 degrees in December the ACT recorded its highest water consumption for the year with 224 megalitres used on December 23. Adjunct professor...
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Australia: Heatwave devastates flying fox colonies
2014-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Dead flying foxes have been falling from the sky in droves because of the heatwave sweeping south-east Queensland. Hundreds of thousands of the large bats may have died as temperatures soared to 43 degrees over the weekend, Bat Conservation and Rescue Queensland (BCRQ) says. In Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, more than 1000 dead flying foxes had to be cleared from a single park on Saturday. The council has been issuing gloves and wheelie bins to residents and started daily rubbish collections...
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Heatwave kills seven in Argentina
2014-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A heatwave affecting Argentina has left at least seven people dead - most of them elderly - in the past week, officials say. The heat has been compounded by power cuts, which have prevented many people from using air conditioning. In Santiago del Estero and other northern provinces temperatures have soared to over 45C (113F). Meteorologists say it has been the worst heatwave in the region since records began in 1906. The victims of the extreme weather lived in Santiago del Estero, located...
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On a wing and a heatwave: Exotic butterflies and moths from the continent colonising UK
2013-10-08 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Exotic butterflies and moths from the Continent have begun to colonise Britain following the hot summer, the Butterfly Conservation charity reports. Migrants such as the crimson speckled moth have appeared, and while species such as the European long-tailed blue are not expected to survive the winter, others including the Clifden nonpareil and rosy underwing are thought to be breeding in southern counties.
Heatwave & wildfires worsened Colorado flooding
2013-09-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: A truly ferocious and exceptional event. That is how Kevin Trenberth of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, describes the storm that pummelled his state last week. "This was a once-in-1000-year rainfall," he says, meaning that the storm was of such an intensity and duration that it had a 1-in-1000 chance of occurring in any given year in Colorado. The rains and subsequent floods have so far killed eight people, displaced 11,750 and destroyed close to 18,000 homes....
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