“This is part of a growing pattern of extreme weather events that we’re seeing as a result of climate change,” Olivia Dalton said.
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, temperatures in early June reached upwards of 94°F, around 18 degrees higher than normal.
"The climate signal is very strong,” Robert Scheller, professor of forestry at North Carolina State University, told the BBC. “We are seeing both a larger area burned, and more severe fires."“The fire season is getting longer, starting earlier in the spring, going later into the fall,” Chelene C. Hanes, a fire scientist with the Canadian Forest Service,Carlos Rodriguez drinks water while taking a break from digging fence post holes Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Houston, Texas.
“Heat waves are occurring more often than they used to in major cities across the United States,” thestates on its website. “Their frequency has increased steadily, from an average of two heat waves per year during the 1960s to six per year during the 2010s and 2020s.” The average U.S. heat wave is now four days long, a day longer than in the 1960s., “more than 100 daily temperature records have fallen over the last two weeks in Texas alone.
“The severe conditions have caused 13 deaths in Texas and led to a spike in emergency room attendance across the state,”
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