Heat waves to be more common

酷暑未來30年只增不減

Think you're hot now? Just wait a few years. As global warming continues, heat waves will be increasingly common in the future, a Stanford University study concludes. "In the next 30 years, we could see an increase in heat waves like the one now occurring in the eastern US or the kind that swept across Europe in 2003 that caused tens of thousands of fatalities," a researcher said. Heat waves have been battering large parts of China since late July, while folks in southern China will sweat out a scorching August.

覺得已經熱得受不了了？未來還會更熱。美國斯坦福大學研究人員日前指出，隨著全球持續變暖，高溫天氣在未來將變得越來越普遍。研究人員稱："未來30年里，像現在發生在美國東部，或者2003年席卷歐洲造成數萬人死亡的大熱浪將越來越多。"7月下旬以來，中國已經出現大范圍高溫天氣。8月，南方的高溫形勢還將愈演愈烈。

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