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Climate Change In NYC: Hot Summers Could Cause Over 3,000 Deaths A Year By 2080

2016-06-23 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Medical Daily: New York City summers bring to mind images of children running through open fire hydrants, free concerts in the park, and a feeling of carefreeness not associated with any other season. If the results of new research are correct, New York City summers could conjure darker images as the result of worsening climate change.. Its well-known that high temperatures can overheat the body and lead to heat exhaust or even heat stroke. Researchers from Columbia University wanted to see what effect rising...

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Record-Breaking Southwest Summers Will Likely Get Worse, Scientist Says

2016-06-22 06:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: For Enrique Castaeda, the weather in Phoenix, Arizona, in the past four days can only be described with two words: "mad hot." "When I go run it feels like I have a blow dryer in my face," the 25-year-old told ThinkProgress. "You don`t see many people outside." Castaeda, who considers himself so much of a "desert cockroach" that he enjoys hot weather and sunsets that are dark red like the sky is on fire, played some basketball on Saturday afternoon, despite thermometers registering an unusual...

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United Kingdom: Batten the hatches as summers to have more heavy downpours

2016-06-21 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Conversation: The state of the British summer has always been a constant source of fascination and irritation, if only for its fickle nature. Now the latest prediction is for more heavy summer downpours. Our study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, shows the first evidence that summer downpours in the UK could become heavier with climate change. We used a very high-resolution model more typically used for weather forecasting to study changes in hourly rainfall. Unlike current climate models, this...

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