An "exceptional" marine heatwave is gripping the western Mediterranean with surface temperatures up to five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) hotter than average, according to experts contacted by AFP.
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Jul 28, 2022
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Temperatures in the U.K. recently breached 40°C for the first time in recorded history. The country is set to experience more frequent and more extreme heat waves as carbon emissions continue to accumulate in the atmosphere.
Environment
Jul 27, 2022
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The top priority of the World Meteorological Organization and its Members is to save lives through accurate forecasts and early warnings. A very successful example of this, in recent years, is improvements in Heat-Health ...
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Jul 22, 2022
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July 19 was the hottest day ever recorded in the United Kingdom, with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit). The heatwave serves as an early preview of what climate forecasters theorized ...
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Jul 22, 2022
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Since the beginning of the summer in 2022, China has been sweltering under the worst heatwave in decades. A number of people in Zhejiang, Henan, Jiangsu, and Sichuan provinces were diagnosed with thermoplegia, the most severe ...
Environment
Jul 21, 2022
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A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records—including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures exceeded 40℃ on Tuesday for the first time on record.
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Jul 20, 2022
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Earth Observation (EO) experts based at the University of Leicester have laid bare the UK's record-breaking heatwave with data captured from space.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 18, 2022
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Hotter, longer, more frequent. Heatwaves such as the one currently roasting much of Europe, or the record-shattering hot spell endured by India and Pakistan in March, are an unmistakable sign of climate change, experts said ...
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Jul 18, 2022
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The U.K. should name heatwaves as part of an effective early warning system to protect the most vulnerable, says leading U.K. scientists.
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Jul 12, 2022
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As climate change continues to worsen, heatwaves like one that killed hundreds of people as it rolled across the Pacific Northwest last summer have become more common and more extreme. These heatwaves can lead to mass die-offs ...
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