Study: Climate change prolongs heatwaves • Table.Briefings

In Thailand, elephants are drawn to a golf course in search of water. March is unusually hot there, with temperatures of over 40 degrees in the shade being measured for days.

Due to climate change, there is an increasing occurrence of heatwaves that move more slowly, last longer and affect larger areas than they would without it. The most significant changes are observed in Europe and Asia, as a new study reveals.

Today, heatwaves last on average four days longer than they did 40 years ago. Since 1979, they have been moving at a pace eight kilometers per day slower each decade, thus lingering longer in one place and causing „significantly more damage“. These findings are from a study published at the end of March in the journal ScienceAdvances.

Study: Climate change prolongs heatwaves – especially in Europe and Asia

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