"When Heat Kills: Global Warming As Public Health Threat"
"The current poster child for global warming is a polar bear, sitting on a melting iceberg. Some health officials argue the symbol should, instead, be a child."
Source: NPR, 09/11/2012
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"In U.S., 2012 So Far Is Hottest Year on Record"
"The first eight months of 2012 have been the warmest of any year on record in the contiguous United States, and this has been the third-hottest summer since record-keeping began in 1895, the U.S. National Climate Data Center said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 09/11/2012
"As Temps Rise, Cities Combat 'Heat Island' Effect"
"More than 20,000 high-temperature records have been broken so far this year in the United States. And the heat is especially bad in cities, which are heating up about twice as fast as the rest of the planet."
Source: NPR, 09/05/2012
"Experts Issue a Warning as Food Prices Shoot Up"
"With the worst drought in half a century withering corn across the Midwest, agricultural experts on Tuesday urged international action to prevent the global spike in food prices from causing global hunger."
Source: NY Times, 09/05/2012
"Heat Guidelines Help Keep Young Athletes Cool"
"As extremely hot temperatures continue to hit much of the country, high school football teams are busy getting ready for the fall season. Last year, five high school football players died of heat stroke. Across the country, experts are trying to prevent those kinds of tragedies."
Source: NPR, 08/29/2012
China Plunges Into Carbon Capture Tech for Emissions Cuts and Exports
"ERDOS, China -- Shenhua Group Corp., one of China's coal giants, has built much of its success at the cost of climate change. Every year, the company digs hundreds of million of tons of coal out of the ground and sells this carbon-intensive energy source throughout China."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/29/2012
"Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low, Scientists Say"
"The extent of Arctic sea ice has reached a record low, a historic retreat that scientists said is a stark signal of how climate change is transforming the global landscape."
Source: Wash Post, 08/28/2012
"A High Risk of Failure? Power Grid Put To the Test"
"Extreme weather is putting America’s power grid to the test, with a year-long run of violent storms and record heat battering a system built for fairer skies."
Source: Asbury Park Press, 08/27/2012
"Boston Plans For 'Near-Term Risk' Of Rising Tides"
"While many cities around the country grapple with drought and excessive heat this year, city planners in Boston have something else on their minds: the prospect of rising water."
Source: NPR, 08/22/2012
"Arctic Sea Ice Likely To Hit Record Low Next Week"
"Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is likely to shrink to a record small size sometime next week, and then keep on melting, a scientist at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/21/2012
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