India, March 24 -- At 2degC, similar events will occur about once every two years; West Africa will become a further 1.2-3.4degC hotter

In southern West Africa, humid heatwaves usually occur in March or April, but they arrived in February 2024. The humid heatwaves in southern West Africa in February, would have been 'impossible' without human-induced climate change, according to an analysis by the international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group, released March 22, 2024.

The researchers found that climate change made the heatwave as measured by the heat index about 4degC hotter. The heat index, also known as apparent temperature, is a measure that combines temperature and humidity to reflect how ...