UQx DENIAL101x 5.5.2.1 Heat waves
Channel: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Date: 2015-05-26

Keah Schuenemann explains why heat waves are happening more often and how those heat waves are impacting our environment. About Denial101x...

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