Climate change is set to make it too hot to host the Olympics in the world's biggest cities, according to a university study. "Only three cities in North America, two in Asia and none in Africa will fall in the low risk category," he said. Professor Alistair Woodward said the study focused on whether cities in the Northern Hemisphere would be able to stage the marathon without posing a significant risk to athletes. "If the world's most elite athletes need to be protected from climate change, what about the rest of us?" "Projections suggest the last cities with low-risk summer conditions will be Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 12, 2016 09:56 UTC