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Climate Change Extreme weather events, such as heat waves, are placing additional stress on home systems – even as homeowners try to keep their homes cool while lowering cooling costs.
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Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
An Arizona man says police held him down on scorching asphalt while arresting him during the height of Phoenix's summer heat wave, causing third-degree burns on his body.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
This has spread coral bleaching to even more areas, including a current, expanding marine heat wave in the eastern Caribbean and western North Atlantic Ocean.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
The move might be due to El Niño events and heat waves that have warmed waters and killed off fish that sea lions prey upon, Sharon Melin, the lead sea lion biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told Jack.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
An Arizona man says police held him down on scorching asphalt while arresting him during the height of Phoenix's summer heat wave, causing third-degree burns on his body.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024
This has spread coral bleaching to even more areas, including a current, expanding marine heat wave in the eastern Caribbean and western North Atlantic Ocean.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
The move might be due to El Niño events and heat waves that have warmed waters and killed off fish that sea lions prey upon, Sharon Melin, the lead sea lion biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told Jack.
—Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat%20wave. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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