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Alaskas heat wave breaking records, killing salmon
2013-08-01 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Something smells fishy about a record-breaking heat wave in Alaska. It might be the piles of dead salmon. The Land of the Midnight Sun has been sweating, relatively speaking, through a hot and sun-soaked summer. From the AP: Anchorage has set a record for the most consecutive days over 70 degrees during this unusually warm summer, while Fairbanks is closing in on its own seasonal heat record. The National Weather Service said Alaskas largest city topped out at 70 degrees at 4 p.m. Tuesday,...
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EPoSil: electroactive polymers for generating electricity from wave power
2013-08-01 16:30:13| Green Car Congress
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China heat wave blamed for huge pile of dead fish
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Shanghai Daily: THOUSANDS of fish are among the casualties of the scorching heat wave in the city, officials said yesterday, raising fears of river water pollution where some of the dead fish are being dumped. On an average about 1 ton of fish are dying every day since the beginning of July at the Dafeng Fish Farm in Qingpu District, said Liu Kelin, director of the farm which has over 30 ponds spread over 530,000 square meters. The hot weather raises the water temperature which in turn decreases the oxygen content...
People, crops and fish suffer in China heat wave
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Record-breaking temperatures have been searing large swaths of China, resulting in dozens of heat-related deaths and prompting authorities to issue a national alert. People are packing into swimming pools or taking refuge in caves in their attempts to escape the fierce temperatures. Local governments are resorting to cloud-seeding technology to try to bring rain to millions of acres of parched farmland. The worst of the smoldering heat wave has been concentrated in the south and east of the country,...
Bacon fries on pavement as heat wave grips China
2013-08-01 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It's been so hot in China that folks are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are hatching without incubators and a highway billboard has mysteriously caught fire by itself. The heat wave the worst in at least 140 years in some parts has left dozens of people dead and pushed thermometers above 40 degrees C (104 F) in at least 40 cities and counties, mostly in the south and east. Authorities for the first time have declared the heat a "level 2" weather emergency a label normally invoked for...
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