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When heat waves strike, Environment Canada can link it to climate change — fast

After last week’s heat wave brought stifling conditions, climate scientists are trying to figure out just how much climate change was to blame. Within a few days, researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada are expected to have the answers. The results will mark the public debut of Canada’s new rapid extreme weather event attribution pilot program. Environment Canada says scientists will be able to say, within about a week of the end of a major heat wave, whether and to what extent climate change made it more likely or intense.