Scientists Warn Temperatures Could Leap 8°C by 2100
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- Jun 2, 2017
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Dangerously hot days are set to become more scorching by 2100 because of climate change with the US Midwest or the Mediterranean region sizzling well above 40°C, Dutch scientists said on Wednesday.
They said the likely jump in temperatures on the hottest summer days would far outpace the average of year-round global warming this century projected by the UN Climate Panel. Heatwaves can be a big threat to human health.
“The extremes warm faster than the averages,” said Rob van Dorland, a spokesman for the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute which wrote the study with scientists at Utrecht University.
If world temperatures rose on average by perhaps 3°C by 2100, the temperature on the most sweltering day of the year could leap by up to 8°C, he said.
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