JAKARTA: Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said on Wednesday (May 8), as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records.
JAKARTA: Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said on Wednesday , as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records.
It also represented an increase of nearly 1 degree Celsius in April this year compared to the month's average temperature of 26.85 degrees Celsius for the period 1991 to 2020, the agency said."When it comes to causes, there are a lot of factors, not only climate factors but also environmental factors that must have an influence."Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
The natural El Nino pattern, which warms the Pacific Ocean and leads to a rise in global temperatures, peaked earlier this year.
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