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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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5 Billion People Suffered Extreme Heat In June, 619 Million In India Alone
Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.
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Heat Island Effect Can Make Core Of Cities 7 Degrees Hotter: Expert To NDTV
As heat waves increase in India with the rise in global warming, cities are particularly vulnerable because temperatures at the heart of the urban jungles can be as many as seven degrees higher than the areas aound them, a leading expert has said.
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Extraordinary Heatwave In Antarctica Left Scientists Baffled. What They Found
Climate scientists dont like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isnt quite as complete as we need. But unfortunately, as climate change worsens, surprises and unprecedented events keep happening.
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Earth Had The Hottest Summer On Record In 2023, Says NASA
This new record comes as a global heat wave intensified wildfires in Canada and Hawaii and fueled intense heat in South America, Japan, Europe, and the US, as per NASA.
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July Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Climate Watchdog Issues Warning
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union's climate observatory confirmed Tuesday.
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Global Heatwave Persists, Warnings Of Temperatures As High As 54 Degrees
Millions across Europe and the United States are battling a severe heat wave, and the temperatures are forecast to go even higher.
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Record Heatwaves Sweep The World In Latest Global Warming Threat
Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.
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Heat Alerts For Over 100 Million In US, Mercury At 48 Degrees In Europe
Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.
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Europe Should Brace For More Deadly Heat Waves, Says Climate Report
Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.
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India Likely To Witness Extreme Weather Events, Needs To Plan: Expert
India is likely to witness more extreme weather events, including intense heat waves, heavy flooding and severe drought that pose challenges to food and energy security for the second-most populous nation.
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Heat-Related Deaths Up 68% Between 2000-04 And 2017-21: Global Report
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations -- the elderly and children less than a year old -- were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005.
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Heat Waves To Make These Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades, Says UN
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within the coming decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.
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Deadly Heatwaves Here To Stay? - 'Hot Mic' With Nidhi Razdan
Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: If you live in north India, you know we've all been suffering from a terrible heatwave. The national capital alone has seen 6 heatwave spells this summer, the deadliest being in mid-May when the maximum temp soared to 49C
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Increasing Global Heatwave Hotspots Defy Climate Model Predictions
Heatwave hotspots exceeding climate models are emerging globally, with regions like northwestern Europe, central China, and the U.S. Pacific Northwest witnessing record-breaking extremes. Recent findings reveal jet stream wobbles, vegetation drying, and atmospheric patterns driving these anomalies. Notable impacts include wildfires, crop failures, ...
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7 Dead, 3 Missing After Heavy Rain, Floods Hit China: Report
China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains battering swathes of the country and many regions enduring sweltering heat waves, is by far the world's largest emitter of the greenhouse gases says scientists.
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5 Billion People Suffered Extreme Heat In June, 619 Million In India Alone
Nearly five billion people globally, including 619 million from India, experienced climate-change-driven extreme heat over nine days in June, according to a new analysis by an independent group of scientists based in the US.
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Heat Island Effect Can Make Core Of Cities 7 Degrees Hotter: Expert To NDTV
As heat waves increase in India with the rise in global warming, cities are particularly vulnerable because temperatures at the heart of the urban jungles can be as many as seven degrees higher than the areas aound them, a leading expert has said.
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Extraordinary Heatwave In Antarctica Left Scientists Baffled. What They Found
Climate scientists dont like surprises. It means our deep understanding of how the climate works isnt quite as complete as we need. But unfortunately, as climate change worsens, surprises and unprecedented events keep happening.
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Earth Had The Hottest Summer On Record In 2023, Says NASA
This new record comes as a global heat wave intensified wildfires in Canada and Hawaii and fueled intense heat in South America, Japan, Europe, and the US, as per NASA.
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July Hottest Month Ever Recorded, Climate Watchdog Issues Warning
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union's climate observatory confirmed Tuesday.
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Global Heatwave Persists, Warnings Of Temperatures As High As 54 Degrees
Millions across Europe and the United States are battling a severe heat wave, and the temperatures are forecast to go even higher.
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Record Heatwaves Sweep The World In Latest Global Warming Threat
Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures, to Europe and Japan, in the latest example of the threat from global warming.
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Heat Alerts For Over 100 Million In US, Mercury At 48 Degrees In Europe
Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.
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Europe Should Brace For More Deadly Heat Waves, Says Climate Report
Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world's fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times.
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India Likely To Witness Extreme Weather Events, Needs To Plan: Expert
India is likely to witness more extreme weather events, including intense heat waves, heavy flooding and severe drought that pose challenges to food and energy security for the second-most populous nation.
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Heat-Related Deaths Up 68% Between 2000-04 And 2017-21: Global Report
Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations -- the elderly and children less than a year old -- were exposed to 3.7 billion more heatwave days in 2021 than annually in 1986-2005.
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Heat Waves To Make These Regions Uninhabitable Within Decades, Says UN
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within the coming decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.
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Deadly Heatwaves Here To Stay? - 'Hot Mic' With Nidhi Razdan
Hot Mic with Nidhi Razdan: If you live in north India, you know we've all been suffering from a terrible heatwave. The national capital alone has seen 6 heatwave spells this summer, the deadliest being in mid-May when the maximum temp soared to 49C
