Global Warming Has Doubled Risk of Fatal Heat Waves, Study Says
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Global warming caused by human activity has more than doubled the risk of summers as hot as in 2003, when thousands of people in Europe died of heat-related causes, according to a UK study published in the journal Nature.
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Rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers in the Alps and more deadly heat waves are coming for Europeans because of global warming, Europeâs environmental agency warned Wednesday.
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BROOKLIN, Canada, Dec 9 (IPS) - British scientists say they now have proof linking  Europe's deadly heat wave of 2003 to climate change caused  by human activities, portending a raft of lawsuits against  countries and companies.
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The Earth's rapid warming has pushed temperatures to their hottest level in nearly 12,000 years and within a hairbreadth of a million years, a study by the US space agency showed.
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heatwaves like last year&#39;s, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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The heatwave which killed thousands in Europe in 2003 could soon seem cool, UK climate scientists say.
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The world is the warmest it has been in the last 12,000 years  because of recent rapid warming, a study suggests.
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Global warming may be melting glaciers and forcing polar bears onto land, but doctors warn it could also affect your heart.
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While human activity probably isn&#39;t directly responsible for the 2003 heat wave that caused thousands of deaths in Europe, British researchers say human influence on the
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By 2050 heatwaves like that of 2003, which killed 15,000 in Europe and pushed British temperatures above 38C (100F) for the first time, will seem &quot;unusually cool&quot;, the Hadley Centre for Climate Change says.
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Recent storms, droughts and heat waves are probably being caused by global warming, which means the effects of climate change are coming faster than anyone had feared, climate experts said on Thursday.
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Global warming is pushing northwards diseases more commonly found in developing countries, posing a risk to the financial and physical health of rich nations, the head of a livestock herders' charity said.
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Wilting heat, deadly storms, flash floods, coastal erosion, more days with unhealthy air &#151; those are just some of the effects of rising temperatures on the Northeast, a group of scientists reported Wednesday. They urged governments and citizens to take steps now to avoid the most devastating consequences of global warming.
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Stanford researcher finds first link between rising levels of carbon dioxide and increased human mortality, a finding that could bolster efforts by California and 15 other states to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.
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Millions of people across the globe are set to die early due to extreme weather events such as floods and heat waves caused by climate change, a British scientist said Tuesday.
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A deadly UK heatwave may be imminent, but climate change may mean fewer temperature-related deaths, a report says.