60 Million U.S. Residents Face Triple Digit Temperatures This Week – EcoWatch:

The heat in the U.S. comes as a heat wave broke records, claimed lives and ignited wildfires in the UK and Europe. While Europe
cooled slightly Wednesday, fires are still raging and more than 1,500
people have died in Spain and Portugal, ABC News reported. Experts say
that the sweltering temperatures over both continents are a sign of the climate crisis.

“While each heat wave itself is different, and has individual
dynamics behind it, the probability of these events is a direct
consequence of the warming planet,” the Columbia Climate School’s
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York climate scientist Jason
Smerdon told ABC News.

60 Million U.S. Residents Face Triple Digit Temperatures This Week – EcoWatch: The heat in the U.S. comes as a heat wave broke records, claimed lives and ignited wildfires in the UK and Europe. While Europe
cooled slightly Wednesday, fires are still raging and more than 1,500
people have died in Spain and Portugal, ABC News reported. Experts say
that the sweltering temperatures over both continents are a sign of the climate crisis. “While each heat wave itself is different, and has individual
dynamics behind it, the probability of these events is a direct
consequence of the warming planet,” the Columbia Climate School’s
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York climate scientist Jason
Smerdon told ABC News.Read More