ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 7, 2021
The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found. An international team of 27 scientists calculated that climate change increased chances of the extreme heat occurring by at least 150 times, but likely much more. “This study is telling us climate change is killing people,” said study co-author Kristie Ebi, a professor at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington.