Temperature Extremes ‘Virtually Certain’ to Rise, UN Says
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Global daily temperature extremes are “virtually certain” to become warmer this century, a panel of about 200 UN scientists said in a draft of their most comprehensive study of weather-related natural disasters.
Extreme weather events such as downpours and storm surges may make parts of the planet “marginal” for inhabitants, and residents may have to leave some low-lying atolls, according to the 18-page draft by the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was obtained by Bloomberg. The UN declined to confirm the document’s contents.