Heat waves to be more common

酷暑未来30年只增不减

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.

觉得已经热得受不了了？未来还会更热。美国斯坦福大学研究人员日前指出，随着全球持续变暖，高温天气在未来将变得越来越普遍。研究人员称："未来30年里，像现在发生在美国东部，或者2003年席卷欧洲造成数万人死亡的大热浪将越来越多。"7月下旬以来，中国已经出现大范围高温天气。8月，南方的高温形势还将愈演愈烈。

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