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The 'new reality' where millions holiday every summer
'Tropical nights' might sound like a beach-side party, or a refreshing cocktail, but the reality is less entertaining.
In fact, tropical nights - when temperatures don't dip below 20C - have become an increasingly common, sweaty fixture in Europe since the 1980s, and it's disrupting both lives and holidays in unexpected ways. Last year, southern European summer destinations - including the sun-drenched shores of southern Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece - sweltered through a record-breaking 23 tropical nights, according to new data.
That's nearly three times the average of just eight, and far above the previous record of 16 in 2012, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said. Tropical nights mean a sleepless, sticky time in bed, when sweaty sheets cling to skin and opening windows brings no respite.
Dann Mitchell from the UK's Met Office said nighttime temperatures are "really important for our health" because it's the part of each day when we recover. And if it can't do that, it brings a "whole host of issues.
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