Climate change index, with greater changes in darker shades Additional number of hottest years within a 20-year period Additional number of wettest (+) and driest (-) years within a 20-year period Where natural disasters now take their toll (from box, below left)
Think back to the hottest summer you can remember. Now imagine a summer like that every year. For those of us who are still around by the end of the 21st century, this is what we can expect, according to a new index that maps the different ways that climate change will hit different parts of the world. The…
