Not exact matches
When asked about the link
between climate change and our current
heat wave, ABC's Sunday Morning regular George Will said, «Well, it is
Summer!»
Although it's been a little cooler in the Midwest lately,
summer won't let me forget about its scorching
heat waves as the season bounces back and fourth
between cardigan and scarf weather to swimsuit and shorts temperatures.
A deadly
summer heat wave in Europe accelerates the divergence
between European and U.S. public opinion.
Of particular interest, for example, is the possible relationship
between climate change and the incidence of
summer heat waves [Meehl, G.A. and C. Tebaldi, Science, 305, 994 - 997, 2004] such as those observed in Europe during
summer 2003 [see Schaer et al, Nature 427, 332-336 2004; Stott et al, Nature, 432, 610 - 614, 2004].
Heat stress is projected to increase as a result of both increased summer temperatures and humidity.55, 61 One study projected an increase of between 166 and 2,217 excess deaths per year from heat wave - related mortality in Chicago alone by 2081 - 2100.62 The lower number assumes a climate scenario with significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (B1), while the upper number assumes a scenario under which emissions continue to increase (
Heat stress is projected to increase as a result of both increased
summer temperatures and humidity.55, 61 One study projected an increase of
between 166 and 2,217 excess deaths per year from
heat wave - related mortality in Chicago alone by 2081 - 2100.62 The lower number assumes a climate scenario with significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (B1), while the upper number assumes a scenario under which emissions continue to increase (
heat wave - related mortality in Chicago alone by 2081 - 2100.62 The lower number assumes a climate scenario with significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases (B1), while the upper number assumes a scenario under which emissions continue to increase (A2).
24), Tachibana et al. (14) showed that an anomalously strong positive
summer NAM (as occurred specifically during the 2003 European
heat wave) accounted well for hemispheric weather regimes with anomalously high midlatitude blocking activity
between strongly marked polar and subtropical jets, over the period 1958 — 2005.
In 2003, a
summer heat wave killed
between 22,000 and 35,000 people in five European countries.
Researchers simulated conditions from six of the strongest historical
heat waves over the last decade, and compared them to 25 typical
summer weeks
between 2004 and 2008.
The new study supplements earlier research published in Geophysical Research Letters demonstrating a link
between Arctic sea ice loss and extreme weather particularly in both the
summer and winter, including prolongation of «drought, flooding, cold spells, and
heat waves.»
«The times and places with hot
summers tend to be where the weather is dominated... by high pressure, so there is high correspondence
between the [extremely hot outliers or extreme]
heat waves and drought conditions.»
Deadly
summer heat wave in Europe accelerates divergence
between European and US public opinion.