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One theory is that a lengthy heat wave last year largely attributed to climate change and blamed for bleaching corals may have changed the algae in ocean waters, especially near the sea floor, where sawfish are often found.
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Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Hurricanes, heat waves, and fires are escalating, yet in 2023 governments spent hundreds of billions of dollars subsidizing oil and gas companies.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Point out that even as democracy hangs in the balance, a planet ravaged by ever-deadlier heat waves, fires and storms isn’t a place any of us want to live.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Among the immediate strains of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe hurricanes, floods, and heat waves, causing prolonged power outages, often leaving entire communities in the dark.
—Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
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Curt Anderson, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Hurricanes, heat waves, and fires are escalating, yet in 2023 governments spent hundreds of billions of dollars subsidizing oil and gas companies.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Point out that even as democracy hangs in the balance, a planet ravaged by ever-deadlier heat waves, fires and storms isn’t a place any of us want to live.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Among the immediate strains of climate change are increasingly frequent and severe hurricanes, floods, and heat waves, causing prolonged power outages, often leaving entire communities in the dark.
—Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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