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Scientists Unravel How El Niño and Global Warming Combine to Cause Record-Breaking Heat in Southeast Asia
Description: Scientists have found that a devastating combination of global warming and El Niño is responsible for causing extreme temperatures in April 2016 in Southeast Asia. The research, shows that El Niño triggered the heat, causing about half of the warming, while global warming caused one-third and raised the heat into record-breaking territories, according to the research team's analysis. [Source: University of Texas at Austin]
URL: https://news.utexas.edu/2017/06/06/el-ni-o-and-global-warming-cause-record-breaking-heat
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Source: University of Texas at Austin
Publish Date: 6/6/2017
Reading Level: Basic
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