Climate Change

El Nio related health hazards in India

A severe El Nino in 1998 killed more than 2000 people and caused billions of dollars damage to crops and infrastructure in Australia and India. The 1998 El Nino severely affected the climatic conditions in India: causing heat waves which resulted in great loss of life.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2010
Rais Akhtar
Current Science
98
2
144
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Waterlogging, Health Effects, El Nino, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, India, Rajasthan, Rainfall Pattern
Health

Summer heat and mortality in New York City: How hot is too hot?

Heat advisories provide advanced warning of dangerously hot weather, but criteria used to trigger alerts have not been systematically evaluated. Metzger et al.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Kristina B. Metzger, Kazuhiko Ito, Thomas D. Matte
Environmental Health Perspectives
118
1
80
Tags:
Health Effects, Heat Waves, Health, New York
Climate Change

WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2009

This WMO annual survey on weather and climate change provides evidence that the period, 2000

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate Change, Heat Waves, Floods, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, Drought, World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO), India, Global, Climate
Climate Change

Warm wave in city

Calcutta, Dec. 17: As Copenhagen sweats over an elusive climate deal, Calcutta is wiping beads of perspiration too, courtesy the shooting mercury and food prices.

The heat and humidity have been unusually high in the city for six straight days, with today

Publication Date: 
18/12/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Heat Waves, Cyclones, West Bengal
Climate Change

20002009, the warmest decade

The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to WMO. Finds that the decade of the 2000s (2000

Publication Date: 
08/12/2009
WMO
Tags:
Monsoons, Climate Change, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Cyclones, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, Drought, Australia, South America, South Asia
Health

Mapping community determinants of heat vulnerability

The evidence that heat waves can result in both increased deaths and illness is substantial, and concern over this issue is rising because of climate change. Adverse health impacts from heat waves can be avoided, and epidemiologic studies have identified specific population and community characteristics that mark vulnerability to heat waves.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Colleen E. Reid, Marie S. ONeill, Carina J. Gronlund & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
117
11
1730
Tags:
Health Effects, Heat Waves, Health, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Environmental health indicators of climate change for the United States: Findings from the State Environmental Health Indicator

To develop public health adaptation strategies and to project the impacts of climate change on human health, indicators of vulnerability and preparedness along with accurate surveillance data on climate-sensitive health outcomes are needed.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Paul B. English, Amber H. Sinclair, Zev Ross & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
117
11
1673
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Heat Waves, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Mitigation, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Health, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Rising U.S. Population makes 2050 Climate Cut Harder

A rising population will make it harder for the United States to make 2050 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than for Russia and some other rich nations with shrinking populations, a Reuters survey showed.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2009
Alister Doyle
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Water Resources, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, Heat Waves, Floods, Renewable Energy, Drought, Population, Energy, Japan, Russia, United States Of America (US)
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

Cool City warms up to mercury

Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Oct 12, DHNS:

Things are hotting up in the City. Several parts of Bangalore are witnessing an increase in the land surface temperature (LST) by as much as two degrees Celcius over the past few years, a study by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has claimed.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2009
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Atmosphere, Heat Waves, Urbanisation, Urban Environment, Indian Institute Of Science (IISC), Karnataka, Bangalore (T)
Climate Change

The Science Spurring Talks On A U.N. Climate Pact

Environment Ministers from about 190 nations gather in Copenhagen at the end of the year to try and agree to a broader global pact to fight climate change

partly spurred by scientists' bleak findings in 2007 about likely heatwaves, floods, desertification and rising sea levels.

Publication Date: 
24/09/2009
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Ecosystems, Desert Spread, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Global Warming, GDP, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Heat Waves, Droughts, Floods, Economy, Fossil Fuels

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