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Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
AP ^ | 07/08/2021 | AP

Posted on 07/08/2021 8:23:40 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found.

An international team of 27 scientists calculated that climate change increased chances of the extreme heat occurring by at least 150 times, but likely much more.

The study, not yet peer-reviewed, said that before the industrial era, the region’s late June triple-digit heat was the type that would not have happened in human civilization. And even in today’s warming world, it said, the heat was a once-in-a-millennium event.

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KEYWORDS: climatechange; heatwave; impossible; northwest
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Weatherman Bastardi explained the phenomenon in terms of el niño. No AGW or ACC required.


81 posted on 07/08/2021 8:08:53 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe ii-ll-||)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pure BS.


82 posted on 07/08/2021 8:16:24 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The study, not yet peer-reviewed

But reported as a fact already because it fits the narrative.

How do we know this sort of event didn't occur 500 years ago?

83 posted on 07/08/2021 9:45:00 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

🐄💩.


84 posted on 07/09/2021 3:22:19 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Climate is what you expect.
Weather is what you get.


85 posted on 07/09/2021 3:25:25 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Seruzawa

The proper term is “pulling it out of their a$$”.🙄


86 posted on 07/09/2021 3:27:45 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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