Extreme heat bakes West, toppling long-standing records – The Washington Post

Extreme heat bakes West, toppling long-standing records – The Washington Post

“One of the biggest ways climate change is affecting us is by loading the weather dice against us. Extreme weather events occur naturally; but on a warmer planet many of these events are getting bigger, stronger, and more damaging,” Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist at Texas Tech University and the Nature Conservancy, said in an emailed statement. “They’re affecting our health, the safety of our homes, the economy, and more.”

Published at Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:07:00 +0000