Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
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Declines in cooling sulfates combined with increases in greenhouse gas concentrations have increased the intensity and frequency of African heat waves. And the temperature spikes may be even more intense than has been recorded.

“There was the misconception that, because Africa is warm anyway, people are tolerant to the heat,” she said. “I think that tolerance level is now superseded.”

The paper is here