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Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates
Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Human-caused climate change is responsible for killing about 1,500 people in last week's European heat wave, a first-of-its-kind rapid study found. Those 1,500 people "have only died because of climate change, so they would not have died if it would not have been for our burning of oil, coal and gas in the last century," said study co-author Friederike

Climate change made European heatwave up to 4C hotter: study

Climate change made European heatwave up to 4C hotter: study

Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, scientists said on Wednesday, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people. This likely led to far more heat-related deaths than would have occurred without the influence of global warming, concluded a rapid study of the episode