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An aircraft drops water during a wildfire near Olympia town, western Greece, Thursday, August 5, 2021
EXTREME temperatures are becoming more frequent in cities across East Asia, according to new analysis Greenpeace released today.
The study analysed temperature data in 57 cities across China, the Koreas and Japan and found that hot weather was arriving earlier in the year in more than 80 per cent of them.
Between 2001-2020, the first hot day of the year (30°C or higher) arrived on average 11 days earlier than the two previous decades in Tokyo and Seoul.
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