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Too high of a concentration heats up the Earth too much, setting off climate changes, including worsening heat waves, rising sea levels and intensifying storms.
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Ramesh Agarwal, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
Poor weather conditions — like severe thunderstorms and heat waves — early in the season also hampered attendance as the company was forced to shut down parks for several days, Cramer continued.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
Similarly, today’s children will experience more than twice as many heat waves than their 35-year-old parents will—and more than six times as many as their 65-year-old grandparents.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2025
Factors such as the strength of the SSW, the atmospheric response and the concurrent influence of La Niña and Pacific marine heat waves will determine how extreme or persistent chilly conditions become.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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Ramesh Agarwal, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
Poor weather conditions — like severe thunderstorms and heat waves — early in the season also hampered attendance as the company was forced to shut down parks for several days, Cramer continued.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2025
Similarly, today’s children will experience more than twice as many heat waves than their 35-year-old parents will—and more than six times as many as their 65-year-old grandparents.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2025
Factors such as the strength of the SSW, the atmospheric response and the concurrent influence of La Niña and Pacific marine heat waves will determine how extreme or persistent chilly conditions become.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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