Climate Change Linked to 2,300 European Heatwave Deaths, Scientists Warn
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\nA recent heatwave in early July may have caused 2,300 deaths across a dozen major European cities, with scientists attributing about 1,500 of these fatalities directly to human-caused climate change, Arab News reported. This rapid assessment aims to serve as an urgent warning, as climate change is making such extreme heat events more frequent and intense.<\/p>\n
Friederike Otto, a climate scientist involved in the research, highlighted that despite heat being a “silent killer” often undercounted, society remains unprepared. The study, a swift attribution effort, found that global warming made the heatwave 1\u00b0C to 4\u00b0C hotter. While not yet peer-reviewed, the methodology is considered robust. Experts emphasize the study’s potential to boost public understanding and policy efforts to better prepare for future heatwaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Climate Change Linked to 2,300 European Heatwave Deaths, Scientists Warn ————————————- A recent heatwave in early July may have caused 2,300 deaths across a dozen major European cities, with scientists attributing about 1,500 of these fatalities directly to human-caused climate change, Arab News reported. This rapid assessment aims to serve as an urgent warning, as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6000],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extreme-weather"],"yoast_head":"\n