Human-caused climate change has made the humid heatwave in southern West Africa including Nigeria during February, 10 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group.
The study also found that if humans do not rapidly move away from fossil fuels, causing global warming to rise to 2°C above preindustrial levels, West Africa will experience similar heatwaves about once every two years.
In February, Nigeria and the rest of West Africa was hit by an unusually intense humid heatwave with temperatures not normally seen until March or April. The most severe heat occurred from February 11 to 15…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
