Fossil-Fueled Warming Drives Surge in European Heat Deaths
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https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22102026/fossil-fueled-warming-drives-surge-in-european-heat-deaths/
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Heat-related deaths in Europe’s urban areas exceeded 50,000 in the summer of 2026, as repeated waves of record-breaking temperatures swept across the continent from late May through August. More than 32,000 of those deaths were attributable to human-caused global warming, driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, according to studies published in Nature Health. […]
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