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

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

Scientists have linked last weekโ€™s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.

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Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Read full article: Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say

Scientists say 4 billion people, about half the worldโ€™s population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.

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The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

Read full article: The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

A new study estimates that the worldโ€™s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last year.

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Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

Read full article: Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires.

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Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

Read full article: Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024.

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Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

Read full article: Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this monthโ€™s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America.

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Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

Read full article: Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niรฑo, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins.

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Here's how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it's only halfway over

Read full article: Here's how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it's only halfway over

At about its halfway point, the record-breaking hot and extreme summer of 2023 is both unprecedented and unsurprising.

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For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record. Whatโ€™s behind those big numbers?

Read full article: For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record. Whatโ€™s behind those big numbers?

Earthโ€™s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.

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Nigeria floods 80 times more likely with climate change

Read full article: Nigeria floods 80 times more likely with climate change

Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely by climate change, a rapid analysis by scientists found.

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Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds

Read full article: Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds

A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan's floods by up to 50%.

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Study: Climate change made UK heat wave hotter, more likely

Read full article: Study: Climate change made UK heat wave hotter, more likely

Scientists say the heat wave in England and Wales was definitely turbocharged by human-caused climate change.

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Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods

Read full article: Study: Climate change a major factor in South Africa floods

The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published Friday by a team of leading international scientists said.

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Study: Climate change not causing Madagascar drought, famine

Read full article: Study: Climate change not causing Madagascar drought, famine

A new study finds that climate change isn't causing the devastating drought and famine in Madagascar.

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