‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says
A new report from the National Climate Information Centre indicates that the UK is experiencing unprecedented climate changes, with recent years ranking among the hottest on record. The data suggests that extreme weather events are becoming the new normal due to ongoing carbon pollution.
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This highlights the accelerating impact of climate change on regional weather patterns, signaling a shift from rare anomalies to frequent, dangerous extremes.
In Greater London, the number of days over 30C and nights over 18C more than quadrupled in the last decade, compared with 1961-1990. In Greater London, the number of days over 30C and nights over 18C more than quadrupled in the last decade, compared with 1961-1990. Climate crisis ‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record
Prefer the Guardian on Google The UK’s climatic extremes are becoming increasingly normal, a report has found, with last year the hottest on record and further “unprecedented changes” likely to break the record again soon.
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