IF YOU thought the heatwave in Paris that killed thousands last year was bad, brace yourself. Heatwaves in Europe and the US are poised to become more frequent, more intense and longer-lasting, according to a model that looks at the impact of climate change.
Gerald Meehl and Claudia Tebaldi from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, looked at Paris and Chicago, which was hit by a severe heatwave in 1995. They found that by the end of this century heatwaves in both cities will occur more often and will be more severe if carbon dioxide emissions remain…
