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Asia’s heat wave scorches hundreds of millions.
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Cara Buckley Annie Flanagan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
Greece has endured a barrage of extreme heat and wildfires over the past year—in July, amid record-breaking European heat waves, high temperatures exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Athens.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
The tools are part of a broader government initiative to better prepare the country for heat waves, which are increasing in frequency, intensity and duration as a result of climate change.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
According to Duflo’s proposal, the two tax programs would generate about $400 billion each year in public funding to mitigate the climate change disasters, like heat waves, floods, droughts, and intense storms, that people in poor countries face much more severely than those in developed countries.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Nearly 70 years later, cars, trucks and other modes of transportation are the nation’s largest source of heat-trapping emissions — emissions that have fueled record global temperatures for 10 straight months, resulting in deadlier heat waves, fires and storms.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
But if the heat persists, or if there are too many marine heat waves back-to-back, the corals die.
—Ryan Kellman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
The mild heat wave provided an appetizer for warmer days ahead, but the arrival of clouds and cool winds Friday signaled a return to what has been the the most consistent pattern since December — showers and stormy skies.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Rice fields and rivers have dried up, according to Vietnamese media reports, and farmers have been struggling without rainwater for their crops.
Record heat waves in 2023 caused severe power outages in several cities.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
Cara Buckley Annie Flanagan, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
Greece has endured a barrage of extreme heat and wildfires over the past year—in July, amid record-breaking European heat waves, high temperatures exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Athens.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
The tools are part of a broader government initiative to better prepare the country for heat waves, which are increasing in frequency, intensity and duration as a result of climate change.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
According to Duflo’s proposal, the two tax programs would generate about $400 billion each year in public funding to mitigate the climate change disasters, like heat waves, floods, droughts, and intense storms, that people in poor countries face much more severely than those in developed countries.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
Nearly 70 years later, cars, trucks and other modes of transportation are the nation’s largest source of heat-trapping emissions — emissions that have fueled record global temperatures for 10 straight months, resulting in deadlier heat waves, fires and storms.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
But if the heat persists, or if there are too many marine heat waves back-to-back, the corals die.
—Ryan Kellman, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
The mild heat wave provided an appetizer for warmer days ahead, but the arrival of clouds and cool winds Friday signaled a return to what has been the the most consistent pattern since December — showers and stormy skies.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Rice fields and rivers have dried up, according to Vietnamese media reports, and farmers have been struggling without rainwater for their crops.
Record heat waves in 2023 caused severe power outages in several cities.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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