Why this week's heat wave could be next summer's normal
The extreme heat slamming the eastern U.S. this week may be a sign of things to come as monthly temperature records continue to give way.
A broad swath of the Midwest and eastern U.S. are currently under a heat dome, caused by a high-pressure system in the Earth’s upper atmosphere that compresses the air beneath it, making it expand into a dome shape.
Research published in March in the journal Science Advances found that since 1979, as climate change has intensified, heat waves have gotten hotter and more commonplace...
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