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A billboard shows the current temperature over 100 degrees on June 05, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. According to the National Weather Service, Phoenix will experience record temperatures over 100 degrees as a pattern of high pressure builds over the region. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Heat deaths in Phoenix nearly doubled

Matthew Rozsa
A tree trunk is lies on a now dry section of the El Guavio Water Reservoir on April 18, 2024 in Gachalá, Colombia. Water reservoirs around Colombia are facing low levels due to a major drought caused by El Niño-Southern Oscillation. (Diego Cuevas/Getty Images)

Will La Niña cool us down? Probably not

Matthew Rozsa
A view of dried soil after the rising temperatures attributed to climate change have resulted in a reduction of water levels in wells and reservoirs across Sanaa, Yemen on August 26, 2023. (Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

2023 proved climate change is here

Matthew Rozsa
24 August 2023, Spain, Vinuela: Vegetation makes its way through the drought-ridden earth on the shores of the Viñuela reservoir. (Felipe Passolas/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Hottest summer ever shatters records

Matthew Rozsa
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Top view of a paper bag full of canned food, fruits, vegetables, eggs, a milk bottle, berries, mushrooms, nuts, pasta, a chocolate bar and bread. (Getty Images)

Heat's adverse impact on food security

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
A view of city in dense smog amid rising air pollution levels, on June 18, 2023 in Noida, India. (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

India succeeds where US fails on climate

Matthew Rozsa
The sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty as it is partially obscured by heat waves from the exhaust of a passing ferry on May 31, 2020, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

July was the hottest month in history

Matthew Rozsa
'The London Bathing Season,' from Punch, or the London Charivari, June 18, 1859. (The Cartoon Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Climate change could make a Great Stink

Matthew Rozsa
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A person cools off amid searing heat that was forecast to reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit on July 16, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

History's hottest heatwave worsens

Matthew Rozsa
Deflated globe (Getty Images/Moussa81)

Ecosystem collapses may happen rapidly

Matthew Rozsa
A man is seen blocking the sun with a fan at Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023 as Shanghai issues an orange alert for the continuous heatwave. (Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hottest day ever, four days in a row

Matthew Rozsa
Hot sun. (chuchart duangdaw via Getty Images)

July 4 was the hottest day on record

Matthew Rozsa
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Little water remaining in a drying lake bed. Nevada continues to suffer through a drought. (Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A future of droughts and heatwaves

Matthew Rozsa
Close-Up of crab on rock at beach, San Diego, United States (Getty)

New species stayed years after heatwave

Erica Nielsen, Sam Walkes - The Conversation
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Rising temperature, worker safety needed

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
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Heat threatens French wine

Lindsay Abrams
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