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85 million Americans were under heat alerts this week. Is climate change the cause?
From Las Vegas to London, New England to New Delhi, the summer of 2024 shattered heat records. As recently as this week, more than 85 million people in the United States experienced extreme heat alerts, with many spots in the Midwest reaching heat indexes …