Extreme weather and climate change: Lingohack

Europe has been baking in a record breaking heatwave recently. Experts are pointing to the link between such extreme weather and climate change. BBC Science Correspondent Victoria Gill reports.

Need-to-know language

scorching – very hot
heatwaves – periods of time where it’s hotter than normal
heating up – becoming hotter
drought-resistant – able to survive in long periods of dry weather
baking – being heated to a high temperature

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