Climate-driven heatwave risks spoiling Fourth of July and World Cup events
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Researchers say a climate-change–driven heat dome is making this US heatwave far more likely, with temperatures high enough to threaten Fourth of July celebrations in DC and World Cup matches; scientists estimate such extremes would be once-in-200-years events today due to warming, and much rarer without 1.4C of warming, underscoring the urgent need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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