Category: Rising Temperatures

Japan Heatwave Kills 170, Sends More Than 54,000 To Hospital

Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2010 - At least 170 people have died from heatstroke and more than 54,000 have

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Arctic sea ice shrinks to third lowest area on record

Arctic sea ice melted over the summer to cover the third smallest area on record, US researchers said Wednesday,

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Home of “Ice Giants” thaws, shows pre-Viking hunts

Climate change is exposing reindeer hunting gear used by the Vikings' ancestors faster than archaeologists can collect it from

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Rapidly Melting sea ice forces tens of thousands of walruses ashore in Alaska

WASHINGTON --- Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally

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Turkey’s Ararat glaciers shrink

The glaciers atop Mount Ararat, the peak in eastern Turkey where Noah's Ark is believed by devotees to have

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Japan endures hottest summer ever

Japan has endured its hottest summer since records began in 1898, the meteorological agency said Wednesday, during a heatwave

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Warmer temperatures in China to reduce crop yields

With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture

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NZ glacier sheds 50m tonnes of ice

Up to 50 million tonnes of ice has fallen off New Zealand's largest glacier. The Tasman glacier has changed from

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Russian heat wave dents hopes of climate “winners”

Russia's summer heat wave has dimmed prospects that northern countries will "win" from climate change thanks to factors such

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Thousands of Muscovites dead from heat in July

MOSCOW, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Over five thousand Muscovites have died in July alone from this year's unprecedented

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