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Stephen Leahy
Stephen Leahy is an award-winning environmental journalist and a contributor to
National Geographic
and
The Guardian
. He also publishes
Need to Know: Science and Insight
, a weekly newsletter.
Christopher Harley / University of British Columbia; The …
If the Hardiest Species Are Boiled Alive, What Happens to Humans?
The June heat wave caused billions of deaths.
Stephen Leahy
July 31, 2021
