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Who said that?

"There’s no such thing as a wave here. We’re always hot."

-- Hosmay Lopez, a UM meteorologist based at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory

New research led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science shows that the future holds more heat waves in the U.S., thanks to human-caused climate change.

Without humans and their fossil-fuel-burning habits, the future would hold half as many heat waves, the research shows. And certain parts of the country could start seeing heat waves largely caused by human climate change as soon as 2027.

Read more at the Miami Herald.