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Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C

BBC News

By Becky Dale & Nassos Stylianou – Data journalists

September 13,2021

The number of extremely hot days every year when the temperature reaches 50C has doubled since the 1980s, a global BBC analysis has found.

They also now happen in more areas of the world than before, presenting unprecedented challenges to human health and to how we live.