Pacific Northwest Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/pacific-northwest/ A platform for change Thu, 01 Sep 2022 03:05:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Heatwave ‘supercharged’ by climate crisis poised to intensify fires in US west https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2022/09/heatwave-supercharged-by-climate-crisis-poised-to-intensify-fires-in-us-west/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:00:15 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12192 The U.S. West is bracing for a potentially record-shattering heatwave through Labor Day weekend, with experts warning that scorching temperatures are likely to trigger a spike in heatstroke and deaths and set the stage for a possibly catastrophic fire season this fall. Extreme heat—”supercharged” by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis, as environmental scientist Jonathan Overpeck put it—has […]

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