In Thailand, tourists were warned about a new global threat: climatologists warn that the danger of death from “heat waves” has increased 30 times. This is how World Weather Attribution researchers commented on the heat that covered Thailand, as well as Bangladesh, India, and Laos last month.
“In the course of the study, the average maximum temperature and the maximum heat index, which includes humidity, were studied. The results showed that climate change has made a wet heat wave at least 30 times more likely, with temperatures at least 2 degrees Celsius higher than they would have been without climate change, experts say.
The study also notes that if global temperatures rise by two degrees Celsius, such extreme events could occur every 20 years.
“We see time and time again that climate change is dramatically increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves, one of the deadliest weather events,” said Friederike Otto of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment. She also called for “heat action plans” to be put in place “, especially in areas where high humidity increases the impact of heat waves”.