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NEWS ABOUT: temperature

temperature stories: 17 news summaries

 Fat America Won't Need Mittens 

Study finds overweight have naturally hot hands

Oct 14, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s ever-expanding waistlines may eventually render mittens obsolete, a new study suggests. Researchers for the NIH found that overweight people generate more heat than their lean peers, but don’t retain it any better. Instead, the heat exits from the hands and feet—so an overweight person’s extremities... More »

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obesity • obesity epidemic • fat • temperature • glove • body temperature

 French Wines Wither 
 Under Climate Change 

Industry pushes President Sarkozy for carbon emission cut

Sep 6, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A warming world has French winemakers sweating more than a little, experts tell the Financial Times. “Current research suggests that by the end of the 21st century, one summer out of two will be at least as hot as 2003,” the year of a record-breaking heat wave that... More »

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climate change • environment • alcohol • global warming • France • wine • drink • temperature • grapes • wine industry

 Climate Change Reverses 
 8 Millennia of Arctic Cooling 

Temps, up 2.2 F Since 1900, Would Be 2.5 Degrees Cooler Without Greenhouse Gases

Sep 3, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer temperatures in the Arctic have climbed 2.2°F since 1900 despite an 8,000-year cooling trend, the Guardian reports. For the past few thousand years, the orbit of the Earth and the changing tilt of its axis has put the Arctic 630,000 miles further from the... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arctic • temperature • Sun • orbit • scientific study • Arctic sea ice • cooling

 High-Tech Mug Keeps 
 Coffee Just Right 

Mug absorbs heat, then releases it to maintain perfect temperature

Aug 20, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - German scientists have developed a coffee mug that gets your joe to the right temperature and keeps it there, Der Spiegel reports. The secret is phase-change material, waxy stuff used in home-building to maintain temperatures indoors. It's also stuffed inside winter jackets, and if these scientists have their way, it... More »

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coffee • science • temperature • beverages

 Wildfires Kill 14 
 in Southeast Australia 

Melbourne sees hottest day on record

Feb 7, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Australian wildfires have killed 14 people in the southeast, and police fear dozens more could be dead, the Age reports. Some 100 homes have been destroyed in dozens of fires, the worst in the history of the state of Victoria. Police suspect arson is behind some of the fires, which... More »

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Australia • temperature • heat • wildfires

 Tongue Twister: Cold Kid  
 Copies Christmas Story 

Temperatures hit 30 below across northeast

Jan 15, 09 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With much of the US in a deep freeze, life imitated a holiday classic for a boy who froze his tongue to a metal pole on a dare, the Times of Northwest Indiana reports. “You’d think everybody in the country had seen A Christmas Story by now,”... More »

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weather • severe weather • temperature • freezing temperatures • winter • winter weather • A Christmas Story

March Land Temperatures
Hit Record High

But US has average month

Apr 18, 08 4:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - This March was the world's warmest ever on record over land surfaces—and the second warmest overall, AP reports. Land temperatures worldwide averaged 40.8 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.2 degrees above the 20th-century average. Over land and sea, only 2002 saw higher temperatures in 129 years of record-keeping, adding to... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • temperature • global temperatures

Triple-Digit Temps Zap Power for 23,000 in SoCal

Electric companies scramble as 23,000 homes lose power

Sep 3, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continued triple-digit temperatures across Southern California fried transformers as everyone turned on the AC, knocking out power across the region. The LA Times reports  21,000 homes were still waiting for power last night, and Southern California Edison was scrambling to keep up. "We need is a break in... More »

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California • Southern California • temperature • heat • heat wave • power outage

Record Heat Fries Phoenix

Nearly a month’s
worth of temps
topping 110

Aug 30, 07 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phoenix citizens can’t blunt this hot spell with claims of “dry heat”: The city’s just marked its 29th day in a year of 110-degree temperatures. Urbanization and global warming are likely factors in the chart-topping season, though Phoenicians have been spared a highest-ever figure, the AP reports—... More »

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climate change • weather • global warming • Arizona • temperature • Phoenix • heat • urbanization

Tips for Beating the Heat

Ten ways to keep the sun from getting you down

Aug 22, 07 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone needs a little vitamin D, but sunburn (or, worse, heatstroke) is no fun. Protect yourself and your family with these tips from MSNBC:
  1. Drink up! Plan on 1 gallon of water per person per day.
  2. Smear on the sunblock and slap on a hat.
  3. Wear breathable
... More »

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health • list • temperature • heat • sun • safety • summer • hydration • sunburn • heatstroke

Heat Wave Claims 49 Lives

Triple-digit temperatures take
toll in Midwest, Southeast

Aug 19, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The heat wave sweeping across the Midwest and Southeast has claimed at least 49 lives over the past week. Officials in Alabama and Memphis reported the 10 most recent deaths on Saturday, mostly elderly citizens. The weather forecast for next week predicts some relief from the triple digit-temperatures that has... More »

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weather • elderly • Southeast • Midwest • global warming • temperature • heat wave

Heat Wave Bakes Southeast 

Region reaches for
the iced tea as temps shatter records

Aug 10, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heat wave brought record high temperatures to much of the Southeast yesterday, with highs of over 100 degrees recorded in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. Excessive heat warnings ruled the day, prompting the National Weather Service to urge people to stay inside in air-conditioning and drink plenty of fluids,... More »

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weather • Atlanta • South Carolina • Kentucky • Georgia • Louisville • North Carolina • temperature • heat • heat wave • summer

10-Year Model Predicts Record Temperatures

Global warming to surge in 2009, new study says

Aug 10, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new 10-year model of climate change forecasts several years of record temperatures between 2009 to 2014, the BBC reports. Most global warming predictions see significant climate changes over a century; the new model, developed by British meteorologists using present-day observations, offers shorter-term predictions of event such as El Nino... More »

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climate change • weather • environment • pollution • global warming • temperature • El Nino • Hadley Centre • Decadal Climate Prediction System

Heat Wave Sizzles US

Temperatures endanger many across the country, keeping even the hardiest indoors

Aug 7, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heat, not hurricanes, is generally the biggest weather-related cause of death in the US, and with a heat wave is sweeping over much of the country, health experts are urging people to stay indoors and keep cool. It's so hot in St. Louis that the Rams have temporarily moved their... More »

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health • Arkansas • temperature • St. Louis • heat • heat wave • summer • Delaware Park

Taste of Chicago Ends on Heavy Note

Chicagoans consumed 249,000 slices of cheescake & 165,000 lbs of turkey legs

Jul 9, 07 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ten day long Taste of Chicago held in Grant Park closed yesterday following a sweltering day in the Windy City.  Headline making temperatures did not stop hardy Chicagoans from eating their way through 127,360 ears of corn, 175,000 servings of ice cream and a paltry 75,... More »

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obesity • food • Chicago • temperature • Taste of Chicago

Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107... More »

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weather • California • elderly • West • Arizona • Las Vegas • physician • United States • temperature • heat • heat wave • sun • hot • humidity • Idaho • rain

Winter Sets Warmth Record

Mar 18, 07 11:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - This winter was the warmest ever recorded, bumping the previous high of 2004 in a crowded field: The ten warmest winters all fell within the past thirteen years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which calculates this average global temperature from land and ocean readings, concludes that the worldwide climate... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • global warming • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration • temperature • global temperature

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