Deadly heatwaves scorched cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marked the first day of summer last week. In China, Beijing issued its third-highest heat warning with many other regions in northern China suffering from heatwaves and droughts. What’s behind the extreme weather making its way across our planet?  

Joining the discussion:

• Mohammed Mahmoud is a water resources and climate adaptation expert. 
• Tad DeLay is an Assistant Professor at Baltimore City Community College. His new book is “Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change.”  
• Yixing Xu served as the Research Director for Breakthrough Energy. 
• Mansour Almazroui focuses on the climate as a researcher and professor at King Abdulaziz University.  

Cities on the US East Coast braced for record-breaking temperatures as a heat dome causing dangerous conditions expanded to the West Coasthttps://t.co/mBXCcfpqMn pic.twitter.com/v7ouSu40Qw

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Marine heatwaves are breaking records as the #ClimateCrisis accelerates, and sea temperatures are hitting all-time highs.

By cutting #FossilFuels and protecting ecosystems, we can still #SaveOurOcean.

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— WWF (@WWF) June 21, 2024