Human-caused climate change is making extreme temperatures more common and also intensifying dryness that fuels catastrophic wildfires.

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Source: AirNowNote:Data is as of1 p.m. on June 28, 2023By Matthew Bloch and Bea Malsky

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ByRaymond ZhongandDelger Erdenesanaa

• June 28, 2023Updated12:56 p.m. ET

Between the dangerous heat baking Texas and the Southeast, and the wildfire smoke filling the skies throughout the Upper Midwest and into the Mid-Atlantic, people across a huge part of the United States have been seeking relief from the outside world in recent days.

The two threats this week aren’t connected directly. But a common factor is adding to their capacity to cause misery.

Human-caused climate change is turning high temperatures that would once have been considered improbable into more commonplace occurrences. And it is intensifying the heat…