Europe's killer heat this summer claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths
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Europe's killer heat this summer claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-europe-killer-summer-climate-blamed.html
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Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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