heatwave

The fact that heatwaves like the one in Russia become more frequent and extreme in a warmer world is easy to understand.

The climate phenomenon results from warming of the tropical Pacific and causes heatwaves, droughts and flooding around the world.

And we are likely to see other less pleasant effects in Britain: floods, storms and heatwaves will become more common.

Also in the latter part of the twentieth century there have been fewer frosts and more heatwaves in many parts of the world.

The northern hemisphere summer saw exceptional heatwaves in several parts of Eurasia.

Since 1880 the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled and the length of heatwaves across Europe has doubled.

This extra packet of heat will have increased the likelihood of heatwaves around the world.

Individual weather events, from heatwaves to big freezes, cannot be used either to prove or disprove climate change.

Earlier, the talks opened with calls for action to avoid rising damage from floods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels.

Droughts spread through the sub-tropics, accompanied by heatwaves and intense wildfires.

The same exact circumstances may not recur any time soon, but more heatwaves are inevitable, even without climate change.

By 2003, record numbers of cyclones, hurricanes, heatwaves, droughts, fires, whirlwinds and floods killed tens of thousands of people.

cold days, nights and frost have become rarer while hot days, hot nights and heatwaves have become more frequent.

The findings could help to shed light on why men and women cope differently with extremes of temperature like heatwaves.

Both heatwaves and heavy precipitation are more common everywhere than they were 50 years ago.

The impact of heatwaves, flooding and global food shortages will be felt in Britain too, the authors warned.

The fragmented populations that remain will be battered by heatwaves, droughts, storms and other effects of global warming.

Heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts kill tens of thousands each year.

Deserts will spread and heatwaves will become more prevalent.

Heatwaves that now set records will become commonplace.

The frequency of heatwaves is increasing.

Like many atmospheric processes, heatwaves have a tendency to feed upon themselves.

Weather forecasting cannot prevent heatwaves, but it can help in other ways.

Summer heatwaves such as that in Europe in 2003, which killed 30, 000 people, become annual events.

the dramatic fall in the number of Americans who sicken or die during heatwaves is a direct result of

The 2003 European summer heatwaves and drought -- synoptic diagnosis and impacts