Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Scientists on Thursday released an analysis showing the likely role of climate change in creating the deadly heatwave that hit areas including Mexico and the U.S. south in late May and early June.
And June has proved to be dangerously hot in many areas, with hundreds dying in the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as temperatures rose above 124°F and Balkan countries, as well as much of the U.S., currently under extreme heat advisories.The WWA scientists sought to connect the May-June heatwave to these larger trends, and repeatedly explained the cause of the problem.
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