40C DAYS COMMON IN 30YRS

GREENHOUSE GASES TO BLAME | Decades before infrastructure is right

- MARK WAGHORN

BRITAIN'S record 40C temperatures will be the norm... within three decades, according to research.

The study warns that extreme heatwaves will rise by more than 30 per cent in the coming years.

They are being fuelled by the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities, say scientists.

Tuesday was the hottest ever recorded in the UK.

It serves as an early preview of what climate forecasters believe will be a typical summer in 2050.

Wildfires have swept Europe and the US, where more than a third of the country is under heat warnings.

Now an analysis of atmospheric circulation patterns and greenhouse gases suggests the crisis is worse than feared.