2. The 2013 Heat Wave Presentation by Alexa Urbanic History Major College of Arts and Sciences

3. Definitio n: a HEAT WAVE is a period of three or more days reaching abnormally high temperatures

4. The 2013 heat wave…what caused it?

6. Temperatures in the U.S.

7. Effects in the U.S.

8. Not just in the U.S. -- global

9. Temperatures in China

10. Effects in China

11. Temperatures in Australia

12. Effects in Australia

13. Temperatures in the UK

14. Effects in UK

15. Take Home Message: What did we learn? Heat waves are caused by areas of high pressure Summer of 2013 caused heat waves not just in the US, but all over the globe There can be severe and have adverse effects – health, power grids, food supply, livestock Lex trying to be funny <

16. ANY QUESTIONS?

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