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Extreme heat waves broiling the US in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
imageVisitors walk past a sign reading 'Stop: Extreme Heat Danger' in Death Valley National Park during a heat wave on July 7, 2024. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population has already experienced an extreme heat wave. Millions of people were under heat warnings across the western...

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