America's Heat Trap: A Perfect Storm of Climate Change and Human Error The past few weeks have seen 260 million Americans sweltering under above average temperatures.
New York City experienced its hottest day since July 2012, while Utah's Salt Lake City recorded its highest temperature ever.
These record breaking heatwaves are not just isolated events; they're symptoms of a far more insidious problem. Climate change has been amplifying extreme weather events for decades.