Climate study finds over-heating world will add 57 superhot days a year

The report says 10 small, ocean-dependent nations will experience the biggest increase in dangerous heat days, despite collectively producing only 1 percent of global heat-trapping gases.

- (Al Jazeera)

A new study by World Weather Attribution and United States-based Climate Central has calculated the increase in dangerous “superhot days” — defined as warmer than 90 percent of comparable days between 1991 and 2020 — due to climate change.

The report, which is not yet peer-reviewed but uses established techniques for climate attribution, was released on Thursday. It highlights the significant effect of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Before the 2015 accord, the world was on track for a catastrophic 4C (7.2F) of warming by the end of the century, which would have resulted in an additional 114 superhot days per year.