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Climate change in France 'worse than expected' say researchers

The remains of a fish on the parched bed of the Loire River at Ancenis, western France. © AFP/Sébastien Salom-Gomis

According to a recent study, average temperatures in France could rise by 3.8 degrees by the end of this century, a level in excess of the global average.

"This represents an increase of up to 50 percent compared to previous forecasts," said Aurélien Ribes, a climatologist at the French National Centre for Meteorological Research (CNRM), one of the study's authors.

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