2018 heat waves
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2018-heat-waves-264-4179545
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2018 heat waves
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In 2018, several heat waves with temperatures far above the long-time average and droughts were recorded in the Northern Hemisphere: The earth's average surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth highest in the 140 years of record keeping. It is assumed that the jet stream is slowing down, trapping cloudless, windless and extremely hot regions of high pressure. The jet stream anomalies could be caused by polar amplification, one of the observed effects of global warming. According to the World M
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Heat wave in parts of the Northern Hemisphere
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_heat_waves
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2023-12-18T06:42:21Z
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