Researchers say the scorching heat waves across the world are 'virtually impossible' without climate change.
, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Coahuila are now roasting through are likely to happen about once every 15 years in the current climate, the study said.
has had a record-shattering 25 straight days of temperatures at or above 110 degrees and more than a week when the nighttime temperature never dropped below 90.and some Balkan states is likely to recur every decade in the current climate, the study said. In Europe and North America, the study doesn't claim human-caused climate change is the sole cause of the heat waves, but that it's a necessary ingredient because natural causes and random chance couldn't produce this alone.
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