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New study shows how drought led to deadly temperatures in the southwest in 2021

With the changing climate, incidents like droughts and heatwaves can be interlinked.  This was the case in 2021 when the drought conditions in the southwest United States triggered record-breaking heat, according to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters on June 18. Johns Hopkins University researchers Benjamin Zaitchek and Mahmoud Osman along with […]