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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal

A villager shouts for help as a wildfire approaches a house at Casas da Ribeira village in Macao, central Portugal in July, 2019.
A villager shouts for help as a wildfire approaches a house at Casas da Ribeira village in Macao, central Portugal in July, 2019. Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

At least 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck communities across the planet, a new assessment has shown, providing stark evidence of how severely human-caused global heating is supercharging extreme weather.

The impossible heatwaves have taken lives across North America, Europe and Asia, with scientific analyses showing that they would have had virtually zero chance of happening without the extra heat trapped by fossil fuel emissions.

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