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Australia races to control fires as new heat wave looms
2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Fire crews are tackling dozens of bushfires in south-east Australia, as forecasters predict another spell of hot weather for the weekend. More than 100 separate fires are burning in New South Wales. Some 3,000 sq km of land has been razed. One of the fires is encroaching on a disused army range littered with unexploded bombs, though fire crews are confident they can tackle the blaze. Dozens of homes have been destroyed, but no-one is believed to have died. Wildfires plague Australia most...
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Heat: Hell on poor countries, no biggie for the rich
2013-01-10 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: It is a truism that climate change is going to hit poor countries earlier and harder than it hits rich countries. A paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research - "Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century" - helps illumnate one aspect of why it`s true. (It`s an older paper, but I just discovered it.) It`s worth mulling over the findings a bit. The research is quite clever, mainly in its simplicity. Instead of using complicated models built on all sorts of...
Epic Heat, Wildfires Are Scorching Australian Landscape
2013-01-09 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: An exceptional heat wave and associated spate of wildfires have scorched the Australian landscape during the past two weeks, with Monday ranking as Australia's hottest day on record. According to the Associated Press and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), the national average temperature on Monday was a sizzling 104.6°F. That eclipsed the previous mark of 104.3°F set in 1972. Temperatures were so hot this week that BOM meteorologists had to add two new colors to their weather maps, with...
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CDC Extreme Heat Guide
2013-01-09 19:05:24| PortlandOnline
Guide on heat safety from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
NWS Heat
2013-01-09 19:04:00| PortlandOnline
Heat safety information from the National Weather Service (NWS).
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