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NBC: Without swift action on climate change, heat waves could kill thousands in U.S. cities
2019-06-18 21:16:34| PortlandOnline
News story posted to nbcnews.com June 16, 2019.
Heat waves could bring lots more deaths to NYC
2016-06-28 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Annual heat-related deaths in New York City could soar by more than 500 percent by the 2080s, according to a new study. Published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, it finds a wide range of potential outcomes depending on how much warming we endure, how New Yorks demographics shift (elderly people are more likely to die from heat), and whether the city proactively adapts to the more severe heat waves that are certain to come. Deaths could be reduced by more cooling centers, more...
Ocean temps predict US heat waves 50 days out
2016-03-28 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The formation of a distinct pattern of sea surface temperatures in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean can predict an increased chance of summertime heat waves in the eastern half of the United States up to 50 days in advance, according to a new study led by a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The pattern is a contrast of warmer-than-average water butting up against cooler-than-average seas. When it appears, the odds that extreme heat will strike during a particular...
Searing Heat Waves Could Become Annual Threat
2016-02-23 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The scorching, deadly heat waves that today strike only about once every 20 years could become an annual occurrence for more than half the world if nothing is done to curb emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, a new study reported Tuesday. The work, detailed in the journal Climatic Change, also points to the worst heat waves of the future being much more intense. The results jibe with other research looking at how heat waves might change as the world warms, as well as those that have found...
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Searing heat waves detailed in study of future climate
2016-02-23 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] BOULDER — Sweltering heat waves that typically strike once every 20 years could become yearly events across 60 percent of Earth's land surface by 2075, if human-produced greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked. If stringent emissions-reductions measures are put in place, however, these extreme heat events could be reduced significantly. Even so, 18 percent of global land areas would still be subjected yearly to these intense heat waves, defined as three exceptionall…
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