The Guardian Even a temperature rise of less than 2C has a discernible impact on the planet. The Earths energy balance will then change dramatically, writes Mark Lynas So, global warming is here, and the world is facing the heat. Here
? 23 SUNSTROKE DEATHS SUSPECTED IN ORISSA The northern and eastern parts of India sweated it out on Sunday as the mercury crossed the 40
Global warming may not just affect your immediate environment, but could also increase the number and scope of climate-related health crises, ranging from killer heat waves and famine, to floods and
Rapid build-up of greenhouse gases is expected to increase Earth’s mean surface temperature, with unclear effects on temperature variability. This makes understanding the direct effects of a changing climate
SAMBALPUR: Heatwave has gripped western Orissa with the temperature refusing to relent. And the clear sky with no rain forecast for the coming days, there has been little relief for the denizens with water scarcity staring in their faces. The district has witnessed a sudden rise in maximum temperature that is hovering between 32 and 38 degree Celsius till now.
New Delhi: The prolonged heatwave in Delhi since May 18 not only saw extremely high temperatures ranging between 44 and 46 degrees but also led to the development of a dangerous pollutant that has become
The death toll due to sun stroke in Jalgaon district has reached eight on Tuesday. The deceased include a nine-month-old girl and a 24-year-old bridegroom. The latter died a day before his marriage. Jalgaon and the northern parts of Maharashtra have been experiencing extreme temperatures, ranging from 41 to 45 degree Celsius.
Heat stress at the workplace is an occupational health hazard that reduces labour productivity. Assessment of productivity loss resulting from climate change has so far been based on physiological models
Europe's great heat wave of 2003, which claimed an estimated 35,000 lives and cost the continent's economies an estimated
While Bhubaneswar recorded 42.2 degree Celsius, the highest of the season, it was also about five degree above the normal.| Illustration: Tapas Ranjan The weather office issued the first heatwave warning
Country faces more frequent and more severe weather events if it fails to make deep and swift cuts to carbon emissions The extreme heatwaves, flooding and bush fires striking Australia have already
Victorians will face greater danger from heatwaves because of climate change and inadequate planning, a new report says. On the back of Australia's hottest summer on record, and with heatwaves predicted
Climate-driven disasters such as bushfires and floods have cost Victorian taxpayers more than $4 billion over the last decade, it has emerged, as the Napthine Government released its plan for Victoria
<p>Environmental health research employs a variety of metrics to measure heat exposure, both to directly study the health effects of outdoor temperature and to control for temperature in studies of other
The signs of rising water are everywhere in this seaport city: yellow "Streets May Flood" notices are common at highway underpasses, in low-lying neighborhoods and along the sprawling waterfront. Built
The Bureau of Meteorology says January was the hottest ever month in just over a century of records. Nationwide, the January average maximum temperature anomaly was 2.28 degrees, "a substantial increase"
Punishing winds, torrential rains and powerful ocean swells have inundated large areas of Australia’s two most populous states, driving thousands of people from their homes and killing at least four people.
If extreme climatic events occurred, the worst afflicted would be some of the poorest societies on earth. This was the crux of a lecture delivered by Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and head of The Energy and Resources Institute. Mr. Pachauri who was in the city on Wednesday, was given the ‘For the Sake of Honour’ award by the Rotary Club of Madras East
As in previous years, the Global Climate Risk Index 2011 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent available data from 2009 as well as for the period 1990-2009 were taken into account.
Temperatures in Sydney on Friday hit their highest levels since records began 150 years ago, after an Australian government agency warned of more frequent and intense heatwaves in the future. While
