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Higher temperatures turbocharge the planet’s weather engines, leading to more frequent and severe heat waves, droughts, wildfires and floods and increasingly destructive hurricanes and thunderstorms.
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Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
Extreme heat has been plentiful this year as fossil fuel pollution drives more frequent and intense heat waves.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 27 July 2024
Grano said exotic animals are also being dumped in Avon, including two guinea pigs during last week’s brutal heat wave.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
The state has been swept by heat waves during the summer season, with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees in some areas.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
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Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
Extreme heat has been plentiful this year as fossil fuel pollution drives more frequent and intense heat waves.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 27 July 2024
Grano said exotic animals are also being dumped in Avon, including two guinea pigs during last week’s brutal heat wave.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
The state has been swept by heat waves during the summer season, with temperatures reaching above 100 degrees in some areas.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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