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When the Term "Heatwave" Is No Longer Enough


In a landmark piece of climate journalism, Reuters has just published a groundbreaking investigation arguing that the term “heat waves” no longer adequately captures what is happening on the planet. A better term is “heat storms,” wrote Maurice Tamman, a veteran investigative journalist who was the lead reporter on “The Age of Heat Storms” project.  [...]Read More... from When the Term “Heatwave” Is No Longer Enough

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