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That warming trend kicked off amid March’s record-breaking heat wave and is expected to intensify during this year’s strong El Niño cycle.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Climate change has contributed to more frequent and intense extreme weather, from storms to heat waves to drought.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
On the heels of a winter heat wave that left people wondering where spring went, a new study reveals that most of the winter snowpack in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona had melted by mid-March.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The findings are particularly alarming, the scientists say, because AI data centers are set to boom over the next few years, and these temperature rises come as planet-warming pollution is already making heat waves more extreme around the world.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Climate change has contributed to more frequent and intense extreme weather, from storms to heat waves to drought.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
On the heels of a winter heat wave that left people wondering where spring went, a new study reveals that most of the winter snowpack in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona had melted by mid-March.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The findings are particularly alarming, the scientists say, because AI data centers are set to boom over the next few years, and these temperature rises come as planet-warming pollution is already making heat waves more extreme around the world.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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