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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Research Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming

Research Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming

Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2012
A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The statistics show that the recent bouts of extremely warm summers, including the intense heat wave
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