It's no surprise that
a sudden summer heat wave can kill the elderly; it's a serious public health hazard that will only grow as the world warms.
Not exact matches
(05/08/2013) Weather patterns around the globe are getting weirder and weirder:
heat waves and record snow storms in Spring, blasts of Arctic air followed by
sudden summer, record deluges and then drought.
Weather patterns around the globe are getting weirder and weirder:
heat waves and record snow storms in Spring, blasts of Arctic air followed by
sudden summer, record deluges and then...
Once they drain in
summer, the
sudden release of fresh - water stratifies the very surface water which then traps more
heat at the surface (takes more work by the wind to mix it down against the ocean density gradient) which then leads to fast melting of what's left of the drained pond.