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Scientist warns current heat wave may become a norm

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Jul 29, 2010 05:19 Moscow Time
Heat wave. Photo: RIA Novosti
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In 60 years' time the current heat wave may become normal if mankind fails to find a way to bring down the discharge of greenhouse gases, a leading Russia environmentalist said on Wednesday.

Alexei Kokorin, the head of the WWF's Climate Program in Russia, said that abnormal heat spells had been registered here before, but none of them had been this long.

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