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BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The number of extreme hot weather events is expected to rise significantly, according to a recent study led by Chinese researchers. Extreme hot weather events are harmful to human health, and may promote the spread of bacteria and viruses. Researchers from the Ch...
Models suggest that the influence of climate change on fire weather has already emerged in about 22% of global burnable land area5. Observations have shown that the global burnable area affected by long fire weather seasons has doubled in recent decades6. Hot and dry conditions resulting from...
Utah is famous for its ski resorts and ample amount of snowfall during winters, but summers can get unbearably hot. St. George's arid weather makes it far warmer than other parts of Utah, thanks to the fact that it is located in the Mojave Desert, which explains why it holds the record...
The city issued the highest warning for floods on Monday and lifted the red alert on Wednesday as the rain subsided. The floods came on the heels of extreme heatwaves, which hit the Chinese capital earlier this year. What is causing these unprecedented weather events? What can be done about...
The massive heatwave felt all around the world has been a focus of concern as rising temperatures are causing more and more extreme weather events. Experts with the UN’s World Meteorological Organization warn that these events will continue to grow in intensity and frequency… and the world need...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the WMO predicted that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, the Earth's average global surface temperature could rise more than 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, meaning more intense heat waves and more extremely hot days and ...
In the UK, households and water companies are already being urged to focus on saving water as officials prepare for another dry, hot summer. This week, ahosepipe ban was extendedacross parts of Devon. South West Water, which introduced a ban in Cornwall and a s...
The global warming has been the major force behind the extreme hot weather in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region recently, although some other factors also added fuel, according to an expert on atmospheric physics. The majority of this region has suffered many hot days of temperature above 40 degr...