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Searing Heat Waves Could Become Annual Threat
2016-02-23 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The scorching, deadly heat waves that today strike only about once every 20 years could become an annual occurrence for more than half the world if nothing is done to curb emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, a new study reported Tuesday. The work, detailed in the journal Climatic Change, also points to the worst heat waves of the future being much more intense. The results jibe with other research looking at how heat waves might change as the world warms, as well as those that have found...
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