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Research Links Extreme Summer Heat Events to Global Warming
Description: A new statistical analysis by NASA scientists has found that Earth's land areas have become much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century. The statistics show that the recent bouts of extremely warm summers, including the intense heat wave afflicting the U.S. Midwest this year, very likely are the consequence of global warming. [Source: NASA]
URL: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/warming-links.html
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Source: NASA
Publish Date: 8/6/2012
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