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‘Extreme heat belt’ will impact more than 100 million Americans: study

As record-high temperatures recently swept across several parts of the U.S. this summer, new data on heat risks forecast an “extreme heat belt” will emerge in large parts of the country by 2053.

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The Heat Belt is a glimpse into a climate-changed America

While we can't say that this week's staggering cold temperatures in Texas and elsewhere in the South were caused by climate change, it is certainly a harbinger of the wild and unpredictable weather that altering the Earth's climate will bring.

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