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1.FEMA: Are You Ready?
Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature.
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/heat/index.shtm

2.Global warming bringing more extreme heat waves
"We need to take these trends toward more extreme heat waves into account when designing urban areas and public health programs. We can no longer plan based on the climate we used to have," said Dr. Staudt. (ANI)
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/120031

3.Global Warming Bringing More Extreme Heat Waves
Global warming will bring more extreme heat waves … “The effects of extreme heat waves are, unfortunately, a deadly serious reality herein Louisiana,” said Jerome Ringo, past chair, National Wildlife Federation and president of the Apollo Alliance. “This became personal when an associate of mine here recently lost…
http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=3213

4.August 2007 Heat Wave Summary

http://www.ask.com/wiki/2003_European_heat_wave

5.August 2007 Heat Wave Summary
In addition to the numerous deaths attributed to the heat wave, innumerable heat-related illnesses have been reported in many parts of the region. Heat exhaustion has plagued everyone from teenage athletes to construction workers to those attending activities in honor of Elvis in Memphis on August 16 (AP). http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2007/aug/aug-heat-event.php

6.Europa – Public Health – Health information – Dissemination of
The EU project EURO HEAT – Improving Public Health responses to extreme weather/heat-waves , coordinated by WHO Europe, will also feed into the implementation of the recommendations developed for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, 2004. In particular to take action to reduce… http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_information/dissemination/unexpected/unexpected_2_en.htm

7.NEW REPORT: Global Warming Bringing More Extreme Heat Waves
National Wildlife Federation and Physicians for Social Responsibility will release "More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming\’s Wake Up Call," a mini-report detailing how: Global warming will bring more extreme heat wavesUrban air pollution could be exacerbated by more extreme heat.

http://readme.readmedia.com/NEW-REPORT-Global-Warming-Bringing-More-Extreme-Heat-Waves/942038

8.7.5 Closed anticyclones of subtropical and middle latitudes: A 54
While not all persistent closed anticyclones (CAs) produce extreme weather, a subset of CAs that occur during the warm season over continental regions can be associated with severe heat waves.

http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_117885.htm

9.NOAA Economics of Temperature Extremes Data and Products | Weather &
While no single episode of extreme heat can be exclusively attributed to human-induced global warming, climate models suggest the likelihood of heat waves is anticipated to progressively increase in intensity and frequency over the course of decades.
http://www.economics.noaa.gov/?goal=weather&file=events/temp

10.Page 4- Your Health and a Changing Climate: Newsletter – Volume 6,
Secondary page of a Health Canada newsletter … EuroHEAT Project – Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather/Heat-waves … The EuroHEAT project has produced a range of publications on extreme weather events, specifically heat waves. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/climat/newsletter-bulletin-6/international-internationaux_e.html

11.Climate Change – Impacts of climate change and global warming:
Heat-trapping gases emitted by power plants, automobiles, deforestation and other sources are warming up the planet. In fact, the five hottest years on record have all occurred since 1997 and the 10 hottest since 1990, including the warmest year on record – 2005.
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/issues/art19620.html

12.SPACE.com — Exoplanet Sees Extreme Heat Waves
One extrasolar planet takes heat waves to the extreme: Within six hours, temperatures on the gas giant can soar by more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (555 degrees C). … Exoplanet Sees Extreme Heat Waves ; By Jeanna Bryner; Senior Writer; posted: 28 January 2009; 01:00 pm ET; http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090128-hot-planet.html

13.Report: More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming’s Wake Up Call
http://fairclimateproject.org/resource/report-more-extreme-heat-waves-global-warmings-wake-up-call/

14.ICECAP
It’s getting hot in here; In 2003 the hottest European summer on record caused more than 20,000 deaths. Extreme heat waves also caused more than 1500 deaths in India.
http://icecap.us/index.php/go/faqs-and-myths