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Frequency heatwaves in urban areas on rise
2015-01-30 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new study has found that the worlds urban areas are increasingly experiencing heatwaves, potentially leading to huge issues for public health and infrastructure. The research, which has been published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that prolonged periods of extreme hot days have significantly increased in over 200 urban areas across the world in the last 40 years. Researchers from institutions in the US and India conducted the study. The findings show that there were...
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Grassroots sports at risk from heatwaves due to climate change, report warns
2015-01-30 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Climate change will threaten the viability of grassroots sport in Australia, and elite tournaments will have to adapt to rising temperatures, extreme rainfall and shrinking snow cover, a report has warned. The extreme heat policies of sports such as tennis, Aussie rules and cricket will have to dramatically improve to protect the health of competitors at all levels, the Climate Institute analysis concluded. The report, featuring a foreword from former AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou, warned...
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World's cities experiencing more heatwaves, study shows
2015-01-30 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World cities are experiencing more heatwaves and fewer cold spells, according to a study of extreme temperatures in hundreds of urban areas over the past 40 years. It found that many cities are seeing fewer extremely windy days than in the 1970s and have more extremely hot individual days and nights. The climate researchers from US and Indian universities identified 620 of the worlds urban areas with a population over 250,000 and then chose 217 which were situated close to an international weather...
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Deadly future heatwaves could kill thousands in Britain, warn scientists
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Today's children will face deadly heatwaves which could kill thousands more people by the end of the century, the Royal Society has warned. If governments do not get a handle on global warming by 2100, Britain will experience three times as many heatwaves as it does now with the death toll rising Around 2,000 people die each year in the UK because of hot weather, with the elderly at most risk. But that could rise to at least 6,000 in the next century and probably higher because the percentage...
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Australia's Chance El Nio Rises To 70%; Heatwaves & Drought To Persist
2014-11-20 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: The weather bureau has revised its El Nio forecast from a 50 percent probability to the current 70 percent. According to the bureau's latest report, above average sea temperatures continue to rise in the Pacific Ocean in the last two weeks. Surface temperatures have increased higher than El Nio thresholds in the past three months. The bureau's El Nio southern oscillation tracker status was changed from "watch" to "alert" level. The eastern part of Australia may be facing dry conditions in the...