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United Kingdom: Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because climate change
2014-02-04 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deaths as a result of hot weather are to soar over the next four decades as a result of climate change, researchers have predicted. The number of annual deaths in the UK that occur as a result of the heat will rise by 257% by 2050, they said. Elderly people are most at risk, according to the new study. While the number of excess deaths seen in the summer months will rise, those recorded in winter will actually decrease, they said. Researchers wanted to try to determine the effect that climate...
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United Kingdom: Flooding threat spreads to Severn and Thames riverside properties
2014-02-03 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: More homes and businesses are in danger of being flooded over the next few days as pressure built on the government to take action to prevent a similar crisis in the future and residents of the worst-hit area, the Somerset Levels, prepared for a royal visit. The Environment Agency said high tides, large waves and strong winds would lead to a risk of coastal flooding along the south west and southern coasts of England Tuesday and Wednesday. It warned that properties on the banks of rivers including...
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United Kingdom: Why the floods a challenge for us to work with nature, not against it
2014-02-03 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For the residents of Muchelney and Moorland, in the heart of the Somerset Levels, the misery goes on. Homes under water, roads cut off, and vast lakes of water where once there were open fields. For dairy farmers, already under pressure from low milk prices and higher feed costs, this could be the final straw. I live nearby, but our home is 50ft above sea level, and our village has escaped the worst of the flooding. Even so, I have been inundated with messages from friends, wondering if we too...
United Kingdom: Difficult choices, as the flood waters rise
2014-02-02 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The country has faced an extraordinary combination of weather conditions over the past eight weeks. Prolonged periods of heavy rain and gale-force winds have affected almost every part of England. The early-December tidal surge was the biggest since 1953 and the whole month was the stormiest on record. The south of England has had its wettest January since 1910. Roads have been impassable, train and plane travel disrupted and 250,000 homes have been without power. Environment Agency staff have...
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United Kingdom: Flooding: five lessons we have learned
2014-02-02 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For centuries flood protection has meant building ever higher walls and radically straightening and clearing rivers, to rush water ever faster to the sea. But a more crowded island, rising sea levels and increasing extreme weather caused by climate change mean the hard engineering approach is hitting its limit. Dredging is a prime example: experts say it would not have prevented flooding in the Somerset Levels, nor drained the water significantly quicker. A desire for immediate action is understandable,...
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