Blogs: 2003 European Heat Wave

The summer heatwave of 2003 was thought to cause more than 70000 early deaths across Europe. The elderly, the very young and those with heart and respiratory conditions are especially susceptible to long periods of hot and humid ...

Campbell-Lendrum said the WHO's 2003 study may have under-estimated the impact of inland flooding, such as in Pakistan, and of heat waves such as in Russia. Up to 70000 people died in Europe in 2003 from a heat wave. ...

For example, the heat wave and drought that hit large parts of Europe in the summer of 2003 turned Europe's soils from a carbon sink into a carbon source. In fact, research reveals that our terrestrial ecosystems lost as much CO2 in ...

Well let me share some of the facts that are little bit more unusual and related to global warming: 1,40000 excess deaths due to global warming in year 2004. 70000 excess deaths recorded in Europe in the heat wave of summer 2003. ...

Years, Disasters, Place, Date, Death Toll. 2003, European Heat Wave, Europe, 2003, 23000 – 35000. 2003, Bam Earthquake, Iran, Dec. 26, 2003, 26270 +. 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 26, 2004, 230210 + ...

... a dramatic illustration of the former being the European heat wave of 2003; iv) since about 1970, here has been an increase in the number of intense tropical storms, “culminating” in the North Atlantic in the “record-breaking” 2005 ...

In addition to the spa treatments guests experience the soothing effects of the spa through a series of heat and thermal cabins. The spa journey starts with a salt scrub shower before acclimatising to the gentle warmth of the Laconium a ... The next part of the experience takes guests back inside to the Wave Dream Sensory room and a spellbinding art installation by Swiss water scientist Helmut Eigenmann, which uses light and ripples of water to reflect waves on to the ...

The ammonium nitrate in the two ships and in the adjacent warehouse was fertilizer on its way to farmers in Europe. The Grandcamp had arrived from Houston, Texas, where the port authority did not permit loading of ammonium nitrate. ... The tremendous blast sent a 15-foot (4.5 m) wave that was detectable over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of the Texas shoreline. The blast leveled nearly 1000 buildings on land. The Grandcamp explosion destroyed the Monsanto Chemical Company ...