Global warming – Certain regions of the world are heating up too quickly – UNIAN

Temperature records around the world are updated every year, and the trend towards global warming is undeniable. However, some regions of the world appear to be warming faster than others, writes Phys.org.

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides the first global map of regions affected by recurring extreme heat waves. These local “large and unexpected deviations” in the overall pattern of gradual climate warming raise questions about how adequate current patterns of global average temperature rise are, the researchers said.

“We're talking about extreme trends that are…