“We always knew that climate change was going to bring more extreme heat days, and that was going to start earlier in the year,” says Dr. David Eisenman, professor of medicine at UCLA whose research focuses on the public health impacts of extreme heat. “And I think we’re seeing that now.”
The trend has become especially apparent over the last few years. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, and the last decade has been the warmest on record. Read more above.
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“We always knew that climate change was going to bring more extreme heat days, and that was going to start earlier in the year,” says Dr. David Eisenman, professor of medicine at UCLA whose research focuses on the public health impacts of extreme heat. “And I think we’re seeing that now.”
The trend has become especially apparent over the last few years. Global temperatures from the past three years averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, and the last decade has been the warmest on record. Read more above.
Summer heat dome on the way. Stay cool.