The independently - funded group used new modelling to look at the odds of extreme heat events occurring, with and without man - made emissions. (joannenova.com.au)
Due to global warming, the most extreme heat events now impact a global area 10 times greater than in the period 1951 - 1980. (climatesignals.org)
The virtually certain impacts include increasing temperatures, more frequent extreme heat events, changes in the distribution of rainfall, rising seas, and the oceans becoming more acidic. (skepticalscience.com)