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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent

BIZARRE: Suddenly boom it s completely warm summers are getting longer especially in sydney study finds - You Need To See This

Crowds at Bondi beach in Sydney during summer in 2023.
Crowds at Bondi beach in Sydney in 2023. Researchers found the length of time summer conditions were experienced was increasing on average by six days every decade. In Sydney, Australia, it was about 15 days every decade. Photograph: Martin Berry/Alamy

Scientist Ted Scott could feel that summers in his home state of Minnesota were not what they used to be.

With the climate crisis accelerating, Scott could feel and see the seasons changing from their usual patterns – especially summer – and he wanted to know what the data said.

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