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US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming

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Re: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming

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> beating the previous national high temperature mark by more than 4C in one go, as happened in Canada last week, is virtually unprecedented.

This event should be a warning call to all people who believe that a global warming of only 2 degrees Celsius will be barely noticeable.

One positive effect is that scientists have collected a lot of data that will help them improve climate models.

Re: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming

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Not only is it possible but the worst heat waves on record were experienced in the 1930s: https://www.weather.gov/arx/heat_jul36

The dust bowl heatwaves are not a good argument against the idea that human activity can have dramatic climate impacts in a short time, though.

Re: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming

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Not only is it possible but the worst heat waves on record were experienced in the 1930s: https://www.weather.gov/arx/heat_jul36

The dust bowl heatwaves are not a good argument against the idea that human activity can have dramatic climate impacts in a short time, though.

You should probably give some sort of reasoning behind your comment else it's just the opinion of a random stranger.

Re: US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming

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Not only is it possible but the worst heat waves on record were experienced in the 1930s: https://www.weather.gov/arx/heat_jul36

The dust bowl heatwaves are not a good argument against the idea that human activity can have dramatic climate impacts in a short time, though.

It is, however, a good argument against this article.
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