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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

This summer so far I've had either a non stop smoke warning or a non stop heat warning. Or both!

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[–] Yondu_the_Ravager@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

Yep, same here. The smoke was so bad there for a while, I’m glad that has subsided.

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