According to the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the number of days with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius in the world’s largest capital cities has surged by 52 percent over the past 30 years.
Overnight temperatures in Seoul have sizzled above 25 degrees Celsius for 26 days in a row, officials said Friday, marking the longest streak since modern weather observation began in 1907. Such evenings are widely known as “tropical nights” in South Korea.
102.3 gigawatts were used, passing the previous record of 100.6 gigawatts set last August.
In 2018 alone, Seoul experienced 21 days with temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius—more than the previous 10 years combined.
“There’s no chance that this will get better and it’s bound to get worse,” Youn Se-jong, an environmental lawyer, told AFP.