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Death tolls from summer heat waves are hazy
2013-08-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Hot weather can be deadly, but a summer's full toll often isn't known until after fall has arrived. When a heat wave strikesas it has this summer in the U.S., Europe and Chinadeath rates rise. But heat's role usually isn't readily apparent. Instead, its victims die of underlying conditions, usually of the heart or lungs, that needed the extra ingredient of heat to become fatal. Moreover, those who succumb to heat often die alone and aren't discovered until after their bodies have cooled. So heat's...
Rise in Extreme Heat Waves Already Locked in for Next 30 Years
2013-08-16 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The amount of global land affected by extreme heat waves classified as three-sigma events is set to double by 2020 and quadruple by 2040 regardless of changes in the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, a study published in Environmental Research Letters reports. Heat waves classified as three-sigma events -- a reference to a rise in temperatures of three standard deviations above the norm -- include the one that hit Australia in 2009 and more recently the one that took place...
SAP creates LAVA 'design language' to heat up analytics
2013-08-16 22:41:18| InfoWorld: Top News
SAP's Business Objects BI (business intelligence) product line may soon begin receiving a visual overhaul based on a new "design language" or methodology called LAVA (Lightweight Applied Visual Analytics). There are six design principles within LAVA, according to a recent post on an SAP blog.
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Cooling Units protect network switches against heat stress.
2013-08-15 14:30:47| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
SwitchAir units alleviate heat stress encountered by Top of rack (TOR) network switches, load balancers, and routers typically mounted in back of cabinet by delivering cool airflow. SwitchAir interfaces with rackmount network devices of any brand or configuration from 1U to 9U in size. Variants include passive and fan-assisted versions with front, side, and rear airflow combinations. This story is related to the following:Electronic Component Cooling Systems
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Deadly East Asian heat wave spreads into Japan and Korea
2013-08-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A long-lasting heat wave centered on the Chinese city of Shanghai has moved northeast into Japan and Korea, shattering high-temperature records and killing at least 10 people over the past week in those countries. At least six people in South Korea died due to temperatures reaching 104 degrees Fahrenheit, The Korea Herald reported yesterday, with hundreds suffering from heat-related illnesses. On Sunday, Japanese wire service Jiji Press reported at least four people had died due to heatstroke,...
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