{
  "id": 868626,
  "title": "Scientists Have Created a New Category of Heat Waves: “Snow Eaters”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/scientists-have-created-a-new-category-of-heat-waves-snow-eaters",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T11:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/scientists-new-category-heat-wave-snow-eaters-science-advances-drought-snowpack-snowmelt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Matthew LaPlante doesn’t have to go to a lab to see his research in action. On some mornings, he can just look out his own window in the mountains high above Salt Lake City. After a warm night when the temperature […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}