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Published Aug 07 2012 by Bend Bulletin

Extreme-heat study stokes debate on climate change

The percentage of Earth?s land surface covered by extreme heat in the summer has soared in recent decades, from less than 1 percent in the years before 1980 to as much as 13 percent in recent years, according to a new scientific paper.

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