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The Sahel Bears the Brunt of a Scorching April

By SG Editor·
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The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. Scientists have already confirmed that climate change caused some specific weather extremes in April, including a heatwave in the Sahel linked to potentially thousands of deaths.

SOURCE: DAILY MAVERICK