8110 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-australia-climate-health-impacts.htmlDespite decades of warning from scientists, Australia remains woefully underprepared to deal with hotter, more frequent and longer heatwaves, catastrophic bushfires, severe storms and intense prolonged droughts, and higher risk of mosquito-borne diseases that climate change brings.Sun, 02 Dec 2018 16:40:00 +0100medicalxpress-6edf7a9c8a2545589ba19dfb211d04b820181202164000https://www.centrometeoitaliano.it/notizie-meteo/maltempo-australia-piogge-torrenziali-a-sydney-e-nel-sud-est-del-paese-69513/Maltempo Australia: grandinate a sud e incendi a nord. In questi ultimi giorni, in modo particolare tra la fine di novembre e l’inizio del mese di dicembre, l’ Australia sta facendo i conti con due situazioni diametralmente opposte, nemmeno a così tanti chilometri di distanza l’una dall’altra.Sun, 02 Dec 2018 13:18:00 +0100centrometeoitaliano-salute-d4132b67ccf2764e51c97240a67c7af620181202131800https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/how-climate-change-could-affect-your-health-2018-11-1027771206and falling crop yields are causing more deaths and making people vulnerable to illnesses. The Lancet report comes a few days after the Trump administration published its own report about the effects of climate change. More than 150 million people are exposed to heatwaves, some infectious diseases....Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:19:00 +0100markets-businessinsider-f26ab1b6a345fff4f9e62ca36797bf5d20181130161900https://www.interris.it/cronaca/alluvioni-a-sydney-e-incendi-nel-queenslandontinua l'ondata di "folle" maltempo che ha colpito l' Australia , con precipitazioni record a Sydney e temperature elevate nel Queensland , dove la siccità ha causato vasti incendi. Le piogge torrenziali che si sono abbattute sulla capitale del Nuovo Galles hanno portato l'equivalente di un mese di precipitazioni in sole due ore.Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:20:00 +0100247libero-e1207c698d333339ad52acb2224d576b20181130122000