Articles for Extreme Temperature

Heat waves are growing hotter and more prolonged. What’s driving extreme temperatures?
6 months ago

Heat waves are growing hotter and more prolonged. What’s driving extreme temperatures?

LA Times  

If you looked at a temperature map this week — it doesn’t much matter which day it was — you would have seen bright red stretching from Baja California all the way to Canada’s Northwest Territories. Previously, the same clear skies that allow in sunlight would also make it easier for heat to escape at night in the form of …

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Tracking extreme heat risk alerts across the US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tracking extreme heat risk alerts across the US

CNN  

CNN — High temperatures affect public health across wide swaths of the United States each summer, causing spikes in emergency room visits and hundreds of heat-related deaths. To help prepare Americans for the dangerous temperatures, the National Weather Service and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year released a new national forecast predicting heat-related risks. Forecasters from …

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America’s extreme 60C weather captured by heat camera
1 year, 4 months ago

America’s extreme 60C weather captured by heat camera

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Heat-sensitive photography in late July reveals an even hotter …

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Extreme Heat and Your Body: What Happens When It Gets Too Hot?
1 year, 5 months ago

Extreme Heat and Your Body: What Happens When It Gets Too Hot?

New York Times  

What Extreme Heat Does to Your Body Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States. How the body handles heat When you start to heat up from exertion or the temperature outside, your body works to cool itself by moving warmer blood away from your internal organs and cooler blood toward them. What happens when it’s …

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Climate chaos in 10 charts: Why every fraction of a degree change in temperature matters
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate chaos in 10 charts: Why every fraction of a degree change in temperature matters

India Today  

Weather events today, such as floods and heat waves, are more extreme than the so-called alarmist scientists predicted a decade ago. Global average surface temperatures reached all-time highs in July, possibly the highest levels in at least 125,000 years. July 3, 2023, was recorded as the hottest day ever, with an average global temperature of 17.01°C, crossing the August 2016 …

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Explained: how a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius impacts billions
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained: how a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius impacts billions

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2023 16:00 IST - 5 MINS READ About two billion people will live in hazardous heat conditions by the end of the century if climate policies continue on their current trajectory, according to new research published in the Nature Sustainability journal. “It invariably distorts value away from human lives and towards centres of wealth,” Ashish Ghadiali, …

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Extreme Heat Is a Disease for Cities. Treat It That Way
2 years, 8 months ago

Extreme Heat Is a Disease for Cities. Treat It That Way

Wired  

For millennia, cities have thrived by attracting people with diverse backgrounds and talents. “I often talk about heat as the silent killer, and I say that because it doesn't get the headlines that tornadoes, flooding, and blizzards get,” says Jonathan Porter, chief meteorologist at AccuWeather, the forecasting service. “We think heat-illness deaths are woefully undercounted because people oftentimes have other …

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Heatwave alert! THESE districts of Jharkhand will face extreme temperatures from March 29 | Check Details
2 years, 9 months ago

Heatwave alert! THESE districts of Jharkhand will face extreme temperatures from March 29 | Check Details

India TV News  

Highlights At least 10 districts in Jharkhand are likely to come under the tight grip of a heatwave The heatwave is likely to begin from March 29 Godda turned out to be the hottest district with a maximum temperature of 39.3 degrees Celsius At least 10 districts in Jharkhand are likely to come under the tight grip of a heatwave …

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Dire predictions for future Kimberley heatwaves, but climate scientists warn against 'crying wolf'
5 years, 1 month ago

Dire predictions for future Kimberley heatwaves, but climate scientists warn against 'crying wolf'

ABC  

Climate scientists have cautioned against "crying wolf" on the unfolding impacts of climate change, as new research suggests a dramatic upswing in heatwaves across northern Australia. Key points: The Australia Institute predicts Broome will have 195 days a year above 35C by 2050, and 286 days a year by 2090 A respected climate scientist is wary of the research and …

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