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The Case of the Killer Heat

A Matter of Degrees

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In 2002, officials in El Salvador reported an unusual startling trend among rural farmworkers. Thousands were coming down with chronic kidney disease of unknown origin and many were dying from it. We've already warmed the planet by almost 1.2 degrees Celsius,. The effects are getting worse with each year. In 2021, the US had its hottest summer since the dust bowl.

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