Study: Global Warming to Bring Increased Heat Waves to US

Following last week’s record-breaking East Coast heat wave, a new study by Stanford University climate scientists says as global warming continues, such heat waves will be increasingly common in the future. The study found exceptionally long heat waves and other hot events could become commonplace in the United States in the next thirty years, posing serious risks to agriculture and human health.

Source - http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/15/study_global_warming_to_bring_increased