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New research led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, published in Earth System Dynamics, documents a clear warming trend across the Congo Basin beginning in the 1960s. The analysis draws on historic weather records recovered from the Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche Agronomiques archive in Yangambi, DRC, and the State Archives of Belgium. The study finds that hot days have become almost twice as frequent over the past two decades. These findings highlight a rapid increase in extreme heat within the region’s climate history.

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