the mean temperature for England for March was 2.6 °C – making it the second coldest on record, with only 1962 being colder
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In 2002, The UK government announced that global warming would wreck the UK by 2012
Global Warming Effects Could Kill 10,000 in the UK by 2012
A report released by the British government warned the country’s National Health System to expect thousands more deaths and complications from heatwaves, malaria, and contaminated water as global warming effects progress in the next five years
The report, “Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK”, was written by Professor Bob Maynard and colleagues with the Health Protection Agency. It is being issued as official government advice to hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical institutions run by the government’s nationalized health care system.
The biggest danger to health, and the most likely to occur, is a major heatwave. The report predicts a heatwave will occur by 2012, causing between 3,000 and 10,000 deaths.
Global Warming Effects Could Kill 10,000 in the UK by 2012