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Global study reveals how heat stress is intensifying worldwide
ECMWF & The Copernicus Programme A new study published in Nature Climate Change uses the Copernicus Climate Change Service’s (C3S) ERA5-HEAT dataset to provide a comprehensive global-scale analysis of how heat stress has evolved since 1950. Using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), the study shows that hazardous heat is becoming more frequent, more intense…