The natural — and unnatural — history of air on Earth
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Sweltering heat mixed with drought has left much of the country scorched and tinder dry. From Toronto to the nation's capital, Quebec City and Niagara Falls, heavy smoke from western wildfires clogged the air. The rising temperatures broke more than 60 records across Canada. Across the Mediterranean, from Portugal to Italy, Turkey to Montenegro, wildfires have Burning.
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