THE COMING HEAT WAVES: Get ready for heat -- and soon.
Human-driven climate change will bring about extreme summer heat waves in the western U.S., including California and the Southwest, as soon as 2020, according to research led by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami, Florida.
The rest of the country won’t be far behind. Man-made climate change will prompt heat waves in the Great Lakes region by 2030, and in the northern and southern plains by 2050 and 2070, respectively, according to the university.
The research is important: Heat waves are the top cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. In studying man-made climate change, scientists focus on increased carbon dioxide and other human sources of emissions in the atmosphere that impact the climate.
See more about the study on the university’s website.
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