Extreme weather and oppressive heat have hit everywhere from the Pacific Northwest to parts of Europe and North Africa. Climate scientists expect more of it.
Visitors at the Colosseum in Rome cool off in front of a fan Thursday.Alberto Pizzolie / AFP – Getty ImagesAug. 15, 2021, 1:30 AM PDT/UpdatedAug. 15, 2021, 12:02 PM PDTByDenise Chow
In a summer already full of extreme weather,it’s the heat waves roasting hundreds of millions of people across three continents that are confirming a grim climate prophecy for many experts.
Sizzling temperatures in the United States and Canada and persistent heat in parts of Europe and northern Africa are creating dangerous health conditions,aggravating droughtsand fuelingwildfires around the world. And it’s this troubling confluence of climate threats that researchers have been warning about for two decades.
“Climate scientists were predicting exactly these kinds of things, that there would…
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