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Article: Extreme temperatures on the rise.
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- March 26, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 2008-UK Government: Extreme temperatures on the rise(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Daily temperature extremes have risen by up to 4C over the last 50 years, say climate experts from the Met Office Hadley Centre.
Research published this month in the Journal of Geophysical Research explored how observed extreme daily minimum and maximum temperatures, across different world regions, have changed since 1950.
Minimum temperatures have seen the biggest increases, most notably over Russia and Canada, where the coldest days are now up to 4 C warmer than they were in the middle of the 20th Century.
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