Natural Causes Drove Russian Heat Wave, Study Finds

Remember the heat wave in Russia last summer that destroyed a third of the country’s wheat crop? NOAA studied the 1000-year event and concluded it was due to a blocking pattern of high pressure that prevented cooling storms from the west. By 2060, such heat waves could happen every decade. GR

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