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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Donna Lu

Northern Australia could have dangerously high heat most days of the year by 2100, study finds

Australia heatwave
Study published in journal Communications Earth & Environment suggests that even if the world limits warming to 2C, exposure to dangerous heat will ‘likely increase by 50-100% across much of the tropics’. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Tropical regions including northern Australia could experience dangerously high heat levels most days of the year by 2100, while southern regions of Australia may experience deadly heatwaves annually, new research suggests.

The study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment suggests that even if the world meets the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to 2C, exposure to dangerous heat will “likely increase by 50-100% across much of the tropics”.

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