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So, it is summertime in America, and that means it's hot. There is currently a pretty rough heatwave covering much of the Midwest, which means it's extra hot. Records will be broken, people will sweat, and eventually it will move on. The important thing to keep in mind is that high temperatures don't necessarily happen because of global warming. (But sometimes they do.)
The concept of Global Warming is actually better described as Climate Change, because as the globe gets warmer, some places actually get cooler, or wetter, or drier etc... What this means is that individual high temperatures or heatwave events really don't mean anything. The important thing to look at is if they happen more often, and with higher intensity. Unfortunately, this does seem to be the case in several parts of the world.
So is Global Warming to blame for the current heat wave? Possibly, but the point is to keep an eye on the bigger picture. Global Warming is global, after all.
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