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The method borrows from climate science, where attribution has been used for over two decades to determine how much of a heat wave or hurricane is explained by human activity.
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
An early-season heat wave is expected to build across much of the eastern United States next week, pushing temperatures into the 80s and 90s for millions of people.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The current marine heat wave technically began in May 2025, shrank as expected last fall, but then did not recede back from the coast and remained off Southern California, Leising said.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
With most tropical reefs expected to face conditions like the Gulf’s by 2100—and already faltering under increasingly frequent marine heat waves—that makes the Gulf’s coral a source of valuable genetic information about resilience that could have implications for the rest of the world’s reefs.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
An early-season heat wave is expected to build across much of the eastern United States next week, pushing temperatures into the 80s and 90s for millions of people.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The current marine heat wave technically began in May 2025, shrank as expected last fall, but then did not recede back from the coast and remained off Southern California, Leising said.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
With most tropical reefs expected to face conditions like the Gulf’s by 2100—and already faltering under increasingly frequent marine heat waves—that makes the Gulf’s coral a source of valuable genetic information about resilience that could have implications for the rest of the world’s reefs.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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