Record-shattering heat drives home climate change threat - CBS San Francisco
Record-shattering heat drives home climate change threat - CBS San Francisco
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Record-shattering heat drives home climate change threat From devastating wildfires, blistering heat, and warming oceans, July 2023 was brutally hot and one for the record books. Anne Makovec reports. (8-10-23)
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