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Posted: Jul 07, 2021 10:09 PM ET | Last Updated: July 8
A construction worker uses a misting fan to cool down at a work site in Vancouver on June 28, amid a record heat wave in B.C.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
The Pacific Northwest s recent heat wave which overwhelmed communities in both Canada and the U.S. was at least 150 times more likely to happen because of climate change, new data suggests.
A team of 27 researchers from the World Weather Attribution Initiative, including scientists from universities and meteorological agencies across North America and Europe, looked at observations and computer simulations to compare today s climate with that of the past.
The report says that without climate change, a heat wave is “nearly impossible”
New data shows that the recent heat wave in the Pacific Northwest-which has overwhelmed communities in Canada and the United States-is at least 150 times more likely to occur due to climate change.
A team of 27 researchers from the World Weather Attribution Initiative, including scientists from universities and meteorological institutions in North America and Europe, studied observations and computer simulations to compare today’s climate with past climates.
They concluded that without human influence, a record-breaking heat wave would be “almost impossible”.
Lytton, BC, a small village in Fraser Canyon, went bankrupt Record the hottest temperature It was recorded in Canada for three consecutive days during the heat wave and finally reached 49.6 C. This is higher than 45 C, recorded in Saskatchewan in 1937.
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