[climateprediction.net] Scots should get ready for more frequent heatwaves, experts say

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[climateprediction.net] Scots should get ready for more frequent heatwaves, experts say

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Dry, hot summers – similar to the one Scotland experienced in 2018 – are set to become the norm and the country should prepare accordingly, researchers say. Analysis of UK climate projections by university researchers and Met Office staff suggest a substantial increase in the likelihood of temperatures reaching 2018’s levels between now and 2050.  There is also the possibility that, towards the end of the century, every summer will be as hot as 2018, unless substantial cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are made, the scientists say.  Conditions in summer 2018 were, for Scotland, unusually hot with a high of 31.9C recorded at Bishopton in Renfrewshire. Temperatures in the low 30s were observed at several sites in the central belt on the same day. Human influences had made the heatwave more likely, the researchers say. Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, and the Met Office, say the country should start planning now to deal with...

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