Longer, hotter heat waves in store for California
SACRAMENTO - California can expect more frequent and more dangerous heat waves in the coming decades, the result of global warming and the state’s aging population, according to a new climate-modeling study commissioned by the California Air Resources Board.
Researchers using a new, more comprehensive weather-modeling method found that the incidence of prolonged hot spells – those lasting 10 or more days – could rise by a factor of two to ten by the 2090s, depending on the region.