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New fires erupt in California as heatwave sears Southwest
2016-06-20 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: New wildfires erupted Monday near Los Angeles and chased people from their suburban homes as an intense heatwave stretching from the West Coast to New Mexico blistered the region. Towering columns of smoke rose from the San Gabriel Mountains as two fires burning less than 2 miles apart devoured brush on steep slopes above foothill suburbs. Police in the city of Azusa and parts of Duarte ordered several hundred homes evacuated. Others were under voluntary evacuations. "It's crazy. It's super...
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Tasmania marine heatwave hits seafood industry and puts species risk
2016-04-22 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ocean temperatures off the coast of Tasmania have risen to 4.5C above average twice the temperature rise that led to the mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef in a marine heatwave that has lasted more than 130 days. The above-average temperatures were first recorded in December and have continued into April, affecting the oyster, salmon and abalone industries, as well as stressing already declining kelp forests. Dr Alistair Hobday, a senior principal research scientist with the...
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Heatwave shuts more than 250 Malaysian schools: reports
2016-04-11 01:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: More than 250 Malaysian schools were closed on Monday due to a heatwave brought on by the El Nino weather phenomenon which is severely affecting food production and causing chronic water shortages in many countries. Authorities ordered schools in the states of Perlis and Pahang to shut after temperatures soared above 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over a 72-hour period, according to local reports. The education ministry said the decision was made to protect the health of some 100,000...
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India: Endangered Olive Ridleys sea turtles likely to skip mass nesting owing to sweltering heatwave
2016-04-11 00:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Nation: According to the authorities, 139 artificial nests have been arranged in the three rookeries set up at Sangameswaram, lighthouse area, and Jinkapalem of Nagayalanka mandal as part of the in situ conservation method. As the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley turtles may not happen this year. Climate change is not only affecting human habitation but a major impact is also being felt on animals and other earthly creatures. Due to the ongoing massive heat wave, rise in temperature and shrinking of the...
North Pole melting point under freak heatwave
2015-12-31 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mirror: Temperatures at the North Pole rose above freezing point and came close to the melting point on Wednesday; 20 degrees Celsius above the mid-winter norm, the region was hotter than some of the major cities in Europe and the United States. According to ocean measurements from the North Pole Environmental Observatory, the mercury tipped -1.9°C (28.6°F) on Wednesday as the Arctic bathed in an unseasonably warm spell. Weather authorities blamed Wednesday's temperature spike on the freak depression which...
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