In recent European heatwaves, temperatures rose up to 4C higher due to human-caused climate change, resulting in significant health risks for vulnerable populations. The heat led to more heat-related deaths than would have occurred without global warming, as revealed by a study from multiple European researchers. High temperatures exceeded 40C, particularly impacting areas like Paris, London, and Madrid, which house over 30 million people. The research indicated an estimated 2,300 deaths were linked to this heatwave, demonstrating the dire consequences of climate change on public health.
The high temperatures probably led to more heat-related deaths than would have occurred without the influence of global warming, concluded a rapid study of the episode by over a dozen researchers from five European institutions.
Using historical weather data, they concluded the heatwave 'would have been 2 to 4C cooler' without human-induced climate change in all but one of the 12 cities studied.
The study concluded the heatwave likely caused about 2,300 deaths based on peer-reviewed scientific methods and established research on heat and mortality.
What that does is it brings certain groups of people into more dangerous territory. For some people it's still warm, fine weather. But for now a huge sector of the population, it's more dangerous.
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