Humans are to blame for the extreme weather that broiled London — here’s just how much
When London broiled at record temperatures last month, it was a rare occurance easily labeled “extreme weather.” But the heat surge that rippled airport runways and led to major health alarms in a place that typically gets by without air conditioning can’t be considered entirely random bad luck.
When fossil fuels are burned, they release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. Greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere, causing global warming. Weather extremes have always occured, but it’s their frequency and severity that’s grown more alarming. Read more: U.K. weather officials drew a scary heatwave map for 2050 — this week it came true, 28 years early
Read: How to prepare for severe heat, as New York and Washington take their turn at record temperatures
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