Record-breaking temperatures more likely in populated tropics

1 / 1More record-breaking temperatures and heat events will occur in the tropics rather than the poles, like many once thought. This region contains a larger share of the world population and more biodiversity. Credit: The University of Washington and the University of Arizona. Credit - www.phys.org
June 5, 2021
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Icebergs crumbling into the sea may be what first come to mind when imagining the most dramatic effects of global warming. But new University of Arizona-led research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that more record-breaking temperatures will actually occur in the tropics, where there is a large and rapidly growing population.

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