New Estimates Of Heat Waves Predicts Their Magnitude

A new index to measure the magnitude of heat waves finds that under the worst climate scenario of temperature rise, estimated to be as much as 8.6 degrees Fahrenheit, extreme heat waves might become the norm by the end of the century. They project that heat waves like the one that hit Russia in summer 2010, the strongest in recent decades, could occur as often as every two years. read more

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