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Cascading Drought-Heat Dynamics During the 2021 Southwest United States Heatwave

Study key findings & significance

  • Intense heat in the southwestern United States broke records during June 2021 partly because it hit in tandem with an unusually severe drought
  • The study measure for the first time how the two extreme weather events dangerously interacted in real time.

Author quotes

"With more extremes happening, the possibility of an extreme drought plus a heat wave and even a fire, together, the odds are just better that it's going to happen.

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