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Climate Cast ®
Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

How much is climate change fueling intense heat across the world?

Summer heat
Heat waves have hit places across the U.S. and across the world this summer.
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The heat is on for Minnesota this week and heat waves are making news across the world.

Hospitals in Phoenix are treating burn patients from sizzling pavement. Tourists in Greece are evacuating fire zones. How can scientists gauge when heat events are normal and when they’re fueled by climate change?

Climate Central chief meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky talks about a tool she uses called the Climate Shift Index.

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