A new study has revealed the most intense heatwaves ever across the world – and remarkably some of these went almost unnoticed decades ago.
The research, led by the University of Bristol, also shows heatwaves are projected to get hotter in future as climate change worsens.
The western North America heatwave last summer was record-breaking with an all-time Canadian high of 49.6 °C in Lytton, British Columbia, on June 29, an increase of 4.6 °C from the previous peak.
The new findings, published today in Science Advances, uncovered five other heatwaves around the world which were even more severe, but went largely underreported.
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