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Young girls splash through a waterfall at a park in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2021, as a heatwave moves over much of the United StatesPhoto by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
CLIMATE CHANGE

Searing Canadian heatwave unprecedented but five more extreme events went under the radar

Heatwaves need to be assessed in terms of local temperature variability because ‘a smaller absolute extreme may have more harmful effects’

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read