Heat wave 3 degrees hotter due to climate change: scientists
By DW
02 August 2019 |
2:09 pm
A rapid study by European scientists has revealed the impact of man-made global warming on the recent extreme weather. They calculated the odds of record temperatures occurring with and without rising CO2 emissions.
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