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Editors’ Picks To qualify as a heat wave in Britain, temperatures must meet or exceed a specific threshold for at least three consecutive days.
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Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
During a 2020 heat wave, California’s grid operator was forced to institute rotating outages, a necessary step to protect the grid in California and neighboring states.
—Michael Wara, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
For a 2012 heat wave in North America, the researchers place Chevron's share of the damages at just shy of $30 billion.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2020, California experienced a brutal heat wave.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
During a 2020 heat wave, California’s grid operator was forced to institute rotating outages, a necessary step to protect the grid in California and neighboring states.
—Michael Wara, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
For a 2012 heat wave in North America, the researchers place Chevron's share of the damages at just shy of $30 billion.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2020, California experienced a brutal heat wave.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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