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

Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show

A burned-out car against a background of charred trees and hills
A burnt car near the village of Kiotari, on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday. Photograph: Spyros Bakalis/AFP/Getty Images

The human-caused climate crisis is undeniably to blame for the deadly heatwaves that have struck Europe and the US in recent weeks, scientists have shown.

Both would have been virtually impossible without the global heating driven by burning fossil fuels, their analysis found. Another searing heatwave, in China, was made 50 times more likely by the climate crisis.

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