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Skin cancer warnings

This might not come as a huge shock but for every sun-worshipper looking forward to topping up their tan this summer, a Dutch-Argentinian survey brings bad news.

Temperatures are rising due to global warming and making it more dangerous to stay in the sun for too long, as natural sunlight is getting more aggressive.

Dr Jan van der Leun from the Dutch energy consultant Ecofys and his team are concerned that hotter summer temperatures will lead to “substantial increases” of new cases of skin cancer after studying two previous surveys on the disease.

The scientists say that ambient UV radiation plays a big factor in the development of skin cancer amongst temperature, genetic predisposition and time spent in the sun.

At least 75,000 cases of non-malignant skin cancer are diagnosed in the UK every year, but with an expected long term increase of summer temperatures by two to four per cent this figure could shoot up to 100,000.