The variety of extraordinarily scorching days yearly when the temperature reaches 50C has doubled for the reason that Eighties, a world BBC evaluation has discovered.
Additionally they now occur in additional areas of the world than earlier than.
The entire variety of days above 50C (122F) has elevated in every decade since 1980.
“The rise may be 100% attributed to the burning of fossil fuels,” says Dr Friederike Otto, affiliate director of the Environmental Change Institute on the College of Oxford.
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