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Global warming has increased monthly heat records by a factor of five
2013-01-14 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Monthly temperature extremes have become much more frequent, as measurements from around the world indicate. On average, there are now five times as many record-breaking hot months worldwide than could be expected without long-term global warming, shows a study now published in Climatic Change. In parts of Europe, Africa and southern Asia the number of monthly records has increased even by a factor of ten. 80 percent of observed monthly records would not have occurred without human influence on climate,...
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