Rescued weather records reveal hot days became nearly twice as common in the Congo Basin over two decades

October 12, 2026 · 8:00 am 1 sources

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• Rescued weather records reveal hot days became nearly twice as common in the Congo Basin over two decades
  Phys.org · October 12, 2026 08:00
  New research led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and published in the journal Earth System Dynamics shows a clear warming signal across the Congo Basin since the 1960s, using historical weather records from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These records come from the paper archives…