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How One Climate Myth Was Born

The record-setting heat wave is gripping the Eastern U.S.; stay cool and learn about climate myth deconstruction amidst the heat.

ByKeith Kloor
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As I write this now, it's 104 degrees in parts of Brooklyn. The record-setting heat wave is broiling the Eastern U.S. If it's smoking hot where you live, stay inside and cool off to this stellar deconstruction of an enduring climate myth.

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