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Heat wave continues to bake Japan

2013-08-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Japan Times: The severe heat wave continued Tuesday to engulf wide areas of Japan, with temperatures in one western city reaching 40 degrees for the fourth day in a row, the Meteorological Agency said. The city of Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, which on Monday logged the countrys highest temperature ever at 41.0, continued to swelter with a high of 40.0. The agency said Shimanto was the first observation point to reach 40 degrees four days in a row since it started monitoring such statistics in 1875. The city...

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Heat Wave Leading to Hot Prices

2013-08-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CHINA - A persistent heat wave over East and South China is killing vegetables and pushing food prices higher but will not cause dramatic inflation, economists said.

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Sunburned in Siberia: Heat Wave Leads to Wildfires

2013-08-02 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: An intense heat wave in Siberia has contributed to an unusual flare up of wildfires across the fragile and carbon-rich landscape. Smoke from the fires is lofting high into the atmosphere, and is drifting toward the Arctic, where soot can hasten the melting of snow and sea ice. The Siberian city of Norilsk, the most northerly city in the world with a population greater than 100,000, recorded temperatures above 83°F over eight consecutive days starting on July 18, according to blogger Chris Burt of...

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Prolonged Heat Wave Leaves Russian Arctic Vulnerable to Wildfires

2013-08-02 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: An enduring high-pressure weather system over the Russian Arctic has led to a prolonged heat wave, creating conditions for another surge in wildfires a year after a particularly extreme wildfire season. NASA scientists say that a so-called blocking high system in which rain-bearing systems are blocked from moving west to east has caused temperatures to reach 90 degrees F (32 degrees C) in the northern city of Norlisk, where daily highs in July typically average 61 degrees F (16 degrees C)....

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Alaskas heat wave breaking records, killing salmon

2013-08-01 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Something smells fishy about a record-breaking heat wave in Alaska. It might be the piles of dead salmon. The Land of the Midnight Sun has been sweating, relatively speaking, through a hot and sun-soaked summer. From the AP: Anchorage has set a record for the most consecutive days over 70 degrees during this unusually warm summer, while Fairbanks is closing in on its own seasonal heat record. The National Weather Service said Alaskas largest city topped out at 70 degrees at 4 p.m. Tuesday,...

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