Better get used to killer heat waves

July 29th, 2006 Better get used to killer heat waves (AP)

George, a two-and-a-half-year old lowland gorilla, licks his frozen treat at the Oklahoma City Zoo, in Oklahoma City, Friday, July 28, 2006. The frozen treat is part of the zoo´s enrichment program. Very hot temperatures are expected to return across Oklahoma through the weekend. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(AP) -- In Fresno, the morgue is full of victims from a California heat wave. A combination of heat and power outages killed a dozen people in Missouri. And in parts of Europe, temperatures are hotter than in 2003 when a heat wave killed 35,000 people.



Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:


New study determines whether people react to heat advisories

created Jul 18, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Long heat waves boost hospital admissions

created Aug 09, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study analyzes 2006 California heat wave's substantial effect on morbidity

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

July heat wave almost breaks record

created Aug 08, 2006 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Atlantic trees will be affected the most by climate change on the Iberian Peninsula

created Jun 24, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0


print this article email this article download pdf blog this article bookmark this article     Digg this Stumble it share on Facebook share on Reddit add to delicious save to Yahoo! bookmarks
3.8/5 after 24 votes


July 29th, 2006 all stories
Space & Earth / Environment

Comments: 0
Rank: 3.8/5 after 24 votes

  • Stumble this up

  • Digg this

  • Share it:
  • share on Facebook
  • share on MySpace
  • share on Slashdot
  • rss-newsfeed
  • share on Google
  • share on Reddit
  • add to delicious
  • save to Yahoo! bookmarks
  • share on Windows Live
  • Add to Mixx!
Rating: 3.8/5 after 24 votes

Tags


  • Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics
    Transform a ball into a rock -- or make it invisible -- using transformation optics
    Physics / General Physics
    created 6 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0
  • Could a quantum motor do work?
    Physics / General Physics
    created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 0
  • Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
    Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
    Physics / General Physics
    created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 1
  • 'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
    Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1
  • Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
    Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
    Electronics / Robotics
    created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1
  • Other News

    Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased earthquake risk

    Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

    created 35 minutes ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

    (PhysOrg.com) -- Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably an increased ...


    A Galaxy Collision in Action

    A Galaxy Collision in Action

    Space & Earth / Astronomy

    created 44 minutes ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

    This beautiful image gives a new look at Stephan's Quintet, a compact group of galaxies discovered about 130 years ago and located about 280 million light years from Earth. The curved, light blue ridge running ...


    Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

    Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

    Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

    created 1hour ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

    Iron and manganese compounds, in addition to sulfate, may play an important role in converting methane to carbon dioxide and eventually carbonates in the Earth's oceans, according to a team of researchers ...


    Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy

    Astrophysicists solve mystery in Milky Way galaxy

    Space & Earth / Astronomy

    created 4 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

    A team of astrophysicists has solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence of a form of undetectable "dark matter" ...


    Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet

    Space & Earth / Astronomy

    created 5 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

    Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.