Six shocking climate events that happened around the world this week

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Heat waves, melting glaciers, and wasp “super nests.”

Cooling break during the quarter-final between in ITALY and NETHERLANDS the 2019 women's football World cup at Stade du Hainaut, on the 29 June 2019.(Photo by Julien Mattia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
COOLING BREAK DURING THE QUARTER-FINAL BETWEEN IN ITALY AND NETHERLANDS THE 2019 WOMEN’S FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AT STADE DU HAINAUT, ON THE 29 JUNE 2019.(PHOTO BY JULIEN MATTIA/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Living in a warming world means experiencing a litany of unexpected events.

From an increase in the population of iguanas in Florida and super nests of wasps in Alabama, to world-class soccer stars competing in record-breaking heat in France and torrential rainfall in India, this week has seen a slew of unprecedented and unexpected climate impacts.

New analysis out this week by scientists trying to decipher the degree to which climate change played a role in these soaring temperatures revealed that global warming may indeed have made the heat wave “at least five times” more likely.

Oliver Milman@olliemilman

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