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Global warming to cause extreme weather events

Joanne Parkinson

11th May 2020

Scientists have confirmed that predicted hazardous weather events are already being seen across the world.

The number of humidity and heat events have doubled between 1979 and 2017. Many areas of the world have experienced an increase with the Persian Gulf being affected the most. On 14 occasions the humidity and temperature has exceeded the human survivability limit. For more on this latest research, check out the following report:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/08/climate-change-global-heating-extreme-heat-humidity

Joanne Parkinson

An experienced, outstanding Geography teacher, GCSE examiner and Head of Humanities in a 11-18 school. I'm passionate about all geographical events and am a keen blogger.

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