UK heatwave: Why is it so hot?
The Met Office estimates that the extreme heat we will be seeing over the next couple of days has been made…
We know what’s behind this – the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas, which trap heat in our atmosphere. They have helped push the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to the highest levels seen for 2 million years, according to the IPCC.
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