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Countries must deal with health risks of more frequent heatwaves: UN
2015-07-01 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The UN on Wednesday urged countries to create preparedness systems to counter the health risks of heatwaves, as they become ever more frequent and intense, and dangerous, due to climate change. For the first time, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) and its World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have joined forces to create guidelines for experts and authorities for how to lower the health risks of heatwaves like the ones currently scorching Asia and Europe. "Heatwaves have emerged as...
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Deadly heatwaves will be more frequent coming decades, say scientists
2015-05-25 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The heatwave that scorched eastern Europe in 2010, killing thousands of people and devastating crops, was the worst since records began and led to the warmest summer on the continent for at least 500 years, a new scientific analysis has revealed. The research also suggests that "mega-heatwaves", such as the prolonged extreme temperatures that struck western Europe in 2003 will become five to 10 times more likely over the next 40 years, occurring at least once a decade. But the 2010 heatwave was...
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Droughts, Floods and Heatwaves: Blame It on Climate Change
2015-05-17 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: As temperatures soar to record heights, blame it on global warmingbut only about three-quarters of the time. And when the rain comes down by the bucketful, you can attribute one downpour in five to climate change. Yet another team of research scientists has looked at the probabilities, and has linked extremes of weather with global warming. Extremes have always happened and are, by definition, rare events. So, for the last 30 years, climate scientists have carefully explained that no particular...
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Heatwaves 'more likely' in England
2015-05-01 04:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: England is set for more record-breaking warm years like 2014, say scientists. The chances of England experiencing an exceptionally warm year is 13 times more likely due to human influences on climate, a study suggests. 2014 was the UK's warmest since records began in 1910. The research, published in Environmental Research Letters, is based on climate models and temperature records for England dating back to 1659. Dr Andrew King from the University of Melbourne is the lead researcher. "Both of...
Australia: Climate change: Diseases, heatwaves, lost jobs to impact human health, experts warn
2015-04-30 03:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australia's top doctors and scientists are urging the Government to show leadership on climate change after a new report warned human health would feel the most immediate impacts of global warming. The report from the Australian Academy of Science was endorsed by the Australian Medical Association and highlighted unemployment, population displacement and social inequality as potential impacts to society. "Whether it be more heatwaves, tropical diseases moving to new areas or lost jobs in farming,...