BBC News reports today that the duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled since 1880.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6929668.stm "The authors of the research also discovered that the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled in the past century. The study shows that many previous assessments of daily summer temperature change underestimated heatwaves in Western Europe by about 30%. The research appears in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. The team found that heatwaves lasted an average of three days now, with some lasting up to 13 days. This compares with an average of about 1.5 days in 1880. " The article's behind a paywall, but the abstract can be found here: http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007JD008510.shtml Phil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
