Research links extreme summer heat events to global warming

Monday, August 6, 2012 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org) -- A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century. The research was published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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