Deadly hot summers &#39;to become the norm&#39;
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Blisteringly hot summers similar to the one in 2003 when thousands of people in continental Europe died of heatstroke will become commonplace because of climate change, a study has found.
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South-Eastern Europe reels from a wave of extremely hot weather that has killed several people.
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BBC News website readers in the US and Europe have been describing the extreme heatwaves sweeping their regions.
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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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Human activity has increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and more than doubled the risk of record-breaking hot European summers, like that of 2003, according to a new study by Peter Stott from the Met Officeâs Hadley Centre, and Daithi Stone and
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Global warming could cause dramatically hotter summers and a depleted snow pack in California, leading to a sharp increase in heat-related deaths and jeopardizing the water supply, according to a study released Monday.
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California public health officials said Thursday they will conduct a statistical study of deaths from last summer's heat wave to determine whether the number of victims is higher than officially reported.
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By Art Campos, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--The warm weather has arrived, and so has the potential for accidents in lakes, rivers and swimming pools.
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Europeans must be prepared to adapt to massive climate change over the coming decades, warn environmental researchers. Among the changes: hotter summers, milder winters and less precipitation in Southern Europe. By Wendy Grossman.
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Predicted rises in temperatures will hit cities harder than surrounding areas, a study warns.
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MADRAS, India, Dec. 26 -- On a balmy Sunday morning at Marina Beach, Brajita Poulose, 45, her husband, two sons and four other relatives strolled along the shore in the sunshine, enjoying the ocean breeze. Young men were playing cricket, joggers trotted past food vendors, fishermen hauled in their nets. Then, without warning, the placid ocean turned violent.
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Experts warn a deadly heatwave in the UK could be imminent - but global warming may mean fewer temperature-related deaths.
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HELENA, Mont., July 6 -- If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.
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The world's governments must dramatically cut emissions of heat-trapping gases or learn to live with more droughts, heat waves, powerful rainstorms, and rising sea levels that will affect millions, leading climate scientists said after the release of a landmark global warming report yesterday.
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A deadly heatwave could be imminent, but global warming may mean fewer temperature-related deaths in the UK, a report says.
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Obese people face a higher risk of passing out &#151; or worse &#151; during heat waves, some health experts say.
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A searing heatwave has killed at least 40 people across southern Europe while in Britain torrential rain has killed three people and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam.