Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it
Severe and long-lasting heat is two to four times more likely to occur today because of human-caused climate change.
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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
Lake Okeechobee’s toxic algae blooms threaten Florida; heat records falling around the globe this summer
Toxic algal blooms now regularly infest much of the lake's 730-square-mile surface during the summer.
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather phenomenon baking Texas and forecast to expand
Heat domes normally persist for several days in any one location, but they can last longer.
Heat dome expanding into Southeast; Knight Foundation puts $8 million toward climate change awareness
More than 45 million Americans live where some level of heat alert is in effect, according to the National Weather ...
To avoid deaths from extreme heat, we need to quickly switch to clean power
David Hastings, climate scientist When I first moved to Florida from Seattle, I would escape to the cool Pacific Northwest ...
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