The increasing likelihood of temperatures above 30 to 40 °C in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has experienced a strong heat wave in 2019 that set a new temperature record for the country of 38.7 °C. In this study the authors show that under climate change, local temperatures are increasingly likely to exceed 35 °C and 40 °C in the next decades and, hence, summers like the...

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Autores principales: Nikolaos Christidis, Mark McCarthy, Peter A. Stott
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5fde58cd477f4523befa819891856b1e
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Sumario:The United Kingdom has experienced a strong heat wave in 2019 that set a new temperature record for the country of 38.7 °C. In this study the authors show that under climate change, local temperatures are increasingly likely to exceed 35 °C and 40 °C in the next decades and, hence, summers like the one of 2019 become more frequent.