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Indian city tries to thwart silent killer as summer temperatures soar
Posted by ClimateWire: Nayantara Narayanan on May 2nd, 2013
ClimateWire: A new kind of billboard is going up in the Indian city Ahmedabad these days. Amid the larger-than-life pictures of politicians, film stars and consumer goods are signs that proclaim "Heat Alert," instruct you to "Drink More Water" and counsel you to "Save Yourself From Heat," both in English and the local language, Gujarati.
The billboards are part of a heat action plan that was launched earlier this month, the first plan of its kind in a South Asian city. Ahmedabad, with its 7.2 million residents,...
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Argentina: Deluge in Buenos Aires could be sign of rainfall to come
Posted by ClimateWire: Nayantara Narayanan on April 7th, 2013
ClimateWire: Recent heavy rains that have lashed Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina, causing 100-year record flooding that left more than 50 people dead, may be just a preview of the years to come. Storms will bring a lot more rain as global temperatures rise through the 21st century, according to a new study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The study finds that extreme precipitation events will be more intense in a warming world, with as much as 20 percent to 30 percent more...