'Climate change kills': How climate impacts are driving up heatwave death tolls

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New study estimates Europe's recent heatwave caused 2,300 excess deaths across major cities, the bulk of which can be attributed to climate change

The number of people who died as a result of the recent European heatwave more than tripled as a result of climate-induced warming, pushing the death toll across Europe to an estimated 2,300 people, including...

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