Climate change has doubled the world's heat waves: How Africa is affected

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Jul 2, 2025, 3:04 pm115 ptsTrending
A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world's people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991 and 2020.

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