Weekend\u2019s high temperatures and humidity \u2018virtually impossible\u2019 without climate crisis, researchers say<\/p>\n
The scorching heat blanketing much of the US this week would have been \u201cvirtually impossible\u201d if not for the climate crisis, researchers have found, warning that the high temperatures could threaten Independence Day celebrations and World Cup matches this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe climate the country has today is fundamentally different to the one it had when the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence,\u201d said Theodore Keeping, extreme weather and wildfire researcher at Imperial College London, in a press release.<\/p>\n
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