TAG: Heat wave
Heatwave blanketing Olympics ‘impossible’ without climate change
The blistering temperatures engulfing athletes and fans at the Paris Olympics in recent days are connected to a month-long heat bender that would have been “virtually impossible” without man-made climate change, leading climate scientists have concluded. ...
2 months ago
Severe heat causes more than 175,000 deaths annually across European region
Extreme warmth kills at least 175,000 people annually in the European region, where temperatures are continuing to rise rapidly, the World Health Organization warned.Europe is among the fastest-warming region in the world, with temperatures rising at arou...
2 months ago
Europe’s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change
ATHENS — They make an odd couple: a Harvard-educated Greek conservative and a Spanish eco-socialist.But Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Teresa Ribera are united by a concern which is driving a wedge between Europe’s climate-hit south and the less-affected north.T...
2 months ago