Post by The University of British Columbia

New UBC research finds that the summer season is expanding up to 50-per-cent faster in many regions, with quicker transitions between seasons and rapidly increasing heat accumulation. These changes have serious implications for agriculture, public health, water systems and city planning. The findings suggest that long-standing assumptions about when summer starts and ends may no longer hold, leaving communities and policy-makers unprepared for earlier and more intense heat. Read more about what this accelerating shift means and why it matters: https://bit.ly/41uGxNd UBC Faculty of Arts UBC Science