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Extreme Heat Is Killing Off Thousands Of Fish In Alaska
2013-08-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Progress: Unusually hot, dry weather in Alaska is wreaking havoc on fisheries, as thousands of fish perish in overheated waters. Last month, 1,100 king salmon died on their way up to the Crystal Lake hatchery due to water temperatures around 80 degrees Fahrenheit and lack of oxygen. Thats the bulk of the 1,800 adult salmon that were expected to return to the hatchery this season. Earlier in the summer, another hatchery lost hundreds of grayling and rainbow trout in a Fairbanks lake where water temperatures...
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Passengers stuck outside city in extreme heat after bus breakdown
2013-07-17 12:18:29| Apparel - Topix.net
CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. -Scorched and broken parts from an All Nations Coach, Inc. bus are scattered on the ground as passengers try to figure out how they're going to get home.
Extreme heat reveals extreme infrastructure challenges
2013-07-09 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Having trouble beating the heat this summer? Imagine how your infrastructure feels. Last summer, we told you about extreme heat leading to buckling roads, melting runways, and kinky railroad tracks. Now we`re also hearing about droopy power lines and grounded airplanes. NPRs Science Friday hosted a discussion last week with Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, about how cities can adapt to hotter temperatures and other climate impacts like floods and rising sea...
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Preparation For Extreme Heat May Reduce Deaths, Says CDC
2013-06-08 15:45:50| Biotech - Topix.net
English: Logo of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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Australia: Climate change to blame for summer of extreme heat and damaging floods, report says
2013-03-03 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: CATASTROPHIC bushfires, damaging rain and the most intense heatwave on record this summer are just a taste of what climate change will bring, a new report says. Climate Commissioner Will Steffen said the extreme weather of 2012/13 was climate change in action, and more events are on the way. In his Climate Commission report, Angry Summer, released today, Prof Steffen also said Queensland's one-in-100-year flood was one part of a "very, very unusual summer". "We've been storing extra heat...
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