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Climate change turns up the heat
2013-01-09 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hindu: The temperature forecast for next Monday (14 January) by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology is so unprecedented - over 52C - that it has had to add a new colour to the top of its scale, a suitably incandescent purple. Australia's highest recorded temperature is 50.7C, measured in January 1960 in southern Australia. On Monday a new record was set for the hottest average day across the country, 40.3C, the highest for 40 years. "What makes this event quite exceptional is how widespread and intense...
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Australia heat sparks chart change
2013-01-09 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Temperatures in Australia are so high that the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has had to add new colours to its weather charts. Two shades of purple will now be used to indicate temperatures above the previous 50C limit. Aaron Coutts-Smith, manager of climate services at the Bureau of Meteorology, explains the changes.
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How urban heat islands are making India hotter
2013-01-09 08:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It is bitterly cold in Delhi. A bone-chilling wind has left temperatures below 3C (37F), the lowest since records began in 1969, and at least 100 homeless people are said to have died. But temperatures in the mega-city that is now home to an estimated 18 million people can be expected to rise to a sizzling 46C if there is a heatwave in May, and the city is often unbearably hot by the time the monsoon arrives at the end of June. Now, Indian government-backed research shows that both Delhi and...
Australian heat wave sears new colors onto maps
2013-01-09 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia's record-breaking heatwave has sent temperatures soaring, melting road tar and setting off hundreds of wildfires - as well as searing new colors onto weather maps. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has added dark purple and magenta to its color-coded weather forecasting map to represent temperatures of 51 to 54 degrees Celsius (123.8 to 129.2 Fahrenheit), officials said. Temperatures on the map were previously capped at 50 degrees Celsius, represented by the color black. "In...
Record Heat Fuels Widespread Fires in Australia
2013-01-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Australia on Wednesday was grappling with an unprecedented heat wave that has sparked raging bushfires across some of the countrys most populated regions pushing firefighters to their limits, residents to their wits end and leaving meteorologists tracking the soaring temperatures into uncharted territory. Four months of record-breaking temperatures stretching back to September of last year have combined over the past week with widespread drought conditions and high winds to create what the government...
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