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Environment Canada says it can now rapidly link high-heat weather events to climate change
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2024-06-17 at 6:49 PM UTCEnvironment Canada says it can now rapidly link high-heat weather events to climate change
Donner compares it to a cancer diagnosis.
"We know that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer, but your doctor is not going to tell you which cigarette will be the one that gives you cancer," Donner said.
"And so we know climate change causes more heat waves, more heavy rainfall and more storm surges. But we can't look at the heat wave and say exactly, 'This one is caused by climate change.'"
Climate scientists have changed their approach to such questions, he said, by looking for models that define the likelihood of climate change playing a role in a specific weather event.
"So everything's being affected by climate change. So the question really is, how much more likely or how unusual is this event?" he said. -
2024-06-17 at 6:55 PM UTCEnvironment Canada lies for a living. They lie about basically everything. Zero credibility.
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2024-06-17 at 10:31 PM UTC
During that extreme heat event on June 30, 2021, the town of Lytton set a Canadian all-time temperature record of 49.6 degrees. A wildfire swept through the community a day later, destroying most structures. A couple in their 60s died sheltering in a trench from the flames.
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2024-06-18 at 12:14 AM UTCHoly shit it's hot