Dangerous heat predicted to hit 3 times more often in future
What’s considered officially “dangerous heat” in coming decades will probably hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. In much of Earth’s wealthy mid-latitudes, spiking temperatures and humidity that feel like 103 degrees or higher — now an occasional summer shock — statistically should happen 20 to 50 times a year by mid-century, said a study Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. By 2100, that brutal heat index may linger for most of the summer for places like the U.S. Southeast, the study’s author said.
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