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Scientists warn extreme weather events are no longer fiction

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Scientists are warning that extreme weather events, once confined to fiction, are becoming a stark reality due to decades of accumulated emissions. A novel's depiction of a heat wave causing 20 million deaths is now seen as a plausible scenario, highlighting the escalating risks of climate change. This shift underscores the urgent need to address the root causes of these increasingly severe and frequent climate-related disasters. AI

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Scientists warn extreme weather events are no longer fiction

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Peter Prengaman, The Associated Press ·

    A climate novel imagined a heat wave killing 20 million people—scientists say an ‘extreme of extremes’ is no longer fiction

    Decades of accumulated emissions are loading the atmosphere for larger heat waves, floods, fires and droughts

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