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More than 150 dead in one of Indias worst heatwaves
2014-06-16 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Parts of India are experiencing one of the worst heatwaves to ever hit central and northern regions, due to the late summer monsoon. Temperatures peaked at 44C in some areas, causing the death of many people due to sunstroke. Temperatures in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan states started to surge last week to 42-43C, with 45 sunstroke deaths registered in Vizianagaram district, an eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. In East Godavari, another district, it is said that 31 people have died. District...
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Heatwaves hurt disadvantaged Australians hardest
2014-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SIXTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Bill McKenzie stands in the corridor on the eighth floor of the government housing complex where he lives, pointing accusingly at a thermometer fastened to the wall. He explains that at 4pm on January 17, as Melbourne sweltered through one of south-east Australia's worst heatwaves, the thermometer read 43 degrees hotter than it was outside. A short, wiry man with a shaved head, McKenzie is wearing a brown long-sleeved T-shirt, reading glasses strung around his neck. In his apartment,...
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IPCC report: global warming increase heatwaves, flooding & conflict
2014-03-31 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Flooding, storm surges, droughts and heatwaves are among the key risks of global warming that will pose the greatest threat to humans in the future, according to the most authoritative report to date on the impact of climate change. Violent conflicts and food shortages were also forecast to increase over coming decades due to rising temperatures, while a growing number of animal and marine species will face increased risk of extinction. The warnings were published on Monday in the Intergovernmental...
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United Kingdom: Heatwaves to become normal by 2040s, says the Met Office
2014-03-26 13:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Research by the Met Office has suggested that climate change will bring wet and mild winters and dry hot summers to the UK, with dangerous heatwaves set to become more frequent across Europe over the next few decades. According to the Met Office, the UK will have on average wetter, milder winters, like the 2013-2014 one, as well as drier and hotter summers. However, because of annual weather variability, it could also have few exceptionally cold winters and wet summers. Professor Stephen Belcher,...
Marine Heatwaves Severely Damage Australia Coral
2014-02-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Marine heatwaves have wreaked "almost unprecedented' damage to ancient coral off Western Australia's Pilbara coast, scientists say. Scientists say the damage to ancient coral off Western Australia's Pilbara coast from marine heatwaves is "almost unprecedented.' Preliminary results from a 5-year year study of the coastline revealed that a remote section of reef south of Barrow Island has suffered severe "bleaching and decimation,' according to the CSIRO, which is running the study with the University...
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