Future Heat Waves: More Severe, More Frequent and Longer
Lasting
Heat waves in Chicago, Paris, and elsewhere in North America and Europe will become
more intense, more frequent and longer lasting in the 21st century, according to a new modeling study by two
scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. In the United States, heat
waves will become most severe in the West and South. Read
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