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Climate extremes are 'unprecedented'

2013-07-03 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The Earth experienced unprecedented recorded climate extremes during the decade 2001-2010, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. Its new report says more national temperature records were reported broken than in previous decades. There was an increase in deaths from heatwaves over that decade. This was particularly pronounced during the extreme summers in Europe in 2003 and in the Russian Federation during 2010. But despite the decade being the second wettest since 1901...

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World Suffered Unprecedented Climate Extremes in Past Decade: WMO

2013-07-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. Every year of the decade except 2008 was among the 10 warmest since records began in the 1850s, with 2010 the hottest, according to the study by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The number of daily heat records far outstripped lows. It said many extremes...

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US Weather Extremes in 2012

2013-05-30 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Worldwatch: In 2012, there were 905 natural catastrophes worldwide, 93 percent of which were weather-related disasters. In terms of overall and insured losses (US$170 billion and $70 billion, respectively), 2012 did not follow the records set in 2011 and could be defined as a moderate year on a global scale. But the United States was seriously affected by weather extremes, accounting for 69 percent of overall losses and 92 percent of insured losses due to natural catastrophes worldwide, writes Petra Löw, a geographer...

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The J D Neuhaus Community: 'Engineered for Extremes'

2013-05-01 12:41:00| Offshore Technology

The J D Neuhaus website, www.jdngroup.com, has been subject to major revamps that include a more prominent presentation of products in the homepage menu.

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The J D Neuhaus Community 'Engineered for Extremes'

2013-04-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

The J D Neuhaus website, jdngroup.com has been subject to major revamps which include a more prominent presentation of products in the homepage menu. Their impressive product range incorporates purpose designed handling equipment which is 'engineered for extremes' and used for applications in some of the heaviest and most demanding engineering markets. Details of their worldwide subsidiaries are supported with the site available in seven different languages.<br /> <br /> The new site will ...

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