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Climate change made North American heatwave 150 times more likely

7 July 2021

The recent deadly and record-breaking heatwave in North America would have been “virtually impossible” without climate change, according to scientists
Forest fires engulfed homes when a heatwave hit Russia in 2010

US and Russia will soon face mega-heatwaves from climate change

19 March 2018

In the coming decades Russia will experience worse heatwaves than the 2010 event, which killed 55,000 people, while the US will bake in the West and Great Lakes regions

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