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Unrelenting Heatwaves Threaten Half the World as Climate Emergency Deepens

Climate change added 30 days of dangerous heat for half the world's population, fuelling illness, crop losses, and chaos. It's time to act on fossil fuels!

International Business Times UK · May 31, 2025

Four billion people endured extra month of extreme heat last year due to climate change, experts say

Human-induced climate change at least doubled extreme heat days in 195 countries last year.

Euronews · May 30, 2025

Evacuations in California as huge wildfire rages through 1,000 acres

Roads have been closed as crews battle the blaze

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2025

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Climate change made LA wildfires 'more likely' according to international study

Climate change caused by human activity increases the risk of devastating fires, like the ones in Los Angeles, California,according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA) network. The fires left at least 29 dead and thousands homeless.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 29, 2025

Climate change made the deadly Los Angeles wildfires more likely. And, the worst is yet to come

The hot, dry and windy weather that stoked this month’s destructive blazes will worsen without a transition away from atmosphere-warming fossil fuels, researchers say

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Climate change made devastating LA fires more likely, scientists say

Analysis found the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were 35% more likely due to 1.3C of warming.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2024

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How Spain’s ‘catastrophic’ floods led to over 200 deaths - explained through pictures

Floods left cars piled up like toys in streets, swallowed homes, and covered entire neighbourhoods in sludge as authorities report 217 fatalities

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024

Climate change is making extreme downpours in Spain heavier and more likely, scientists say

Human-caused climate change made Spain’s rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week’s deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming’s role in extreme weather

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Climate Change Made Deadly Hurricane Helene More Intense: Study

Hurricane Helene's torrential rain and powerful winds were made about 10 percent more intense due to climate change, according to a study published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.

International Business Times · Oct 9, 2024

Climate Change Doubled Likelihood Of Central Europe Flooding

Study reveals human-caused climate change intensified heavy rains in Central Europe, leading to devastating floods and calls for urgent action.

Deadly flooding in Central Europe made twice as likely by climate change

Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the heavy rainfall that caused floods killing 24 people in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024

Heat inequality ‘causing thousands of unreported deaths in poor countries’

Friederike Otto, of World Weather Attribution, says poor people and outdoor workers are dying around the world

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

Wayanad landslide: Burst of rainfall 10 pc heavier due to climate change, says study

The landslides that killed hundreds of people in Kerala's Wayanad were triggered by a burst of rainfall that was made about 10 per cent heavier by human-caused climate change. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Aug 14, 2024

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Climate Change Worsens Deadly Dubai Floods, Study Finds

Recent report by World Weather Attribution highlights climate change's impact on devastating floods in Dubai and the Persian Gulf.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds

World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as cause

Radio France Internationale · Apr 18, 2024

Sahel heatwave made worse by climate change, scientists warn

An extreme heatwave in the Sahel region in March and April would not have been as lethal without human-caused climate change, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of climate researchers has found. It warned of an increase in extreme weather if carbon emissions are not rapidly reduced.

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds

Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this month

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International Business Times UK · Jan 19, 2024

NASA Warns That 2024 Is On Track To Be Even Hotter Than 2023, Confirming 2023 As Warmest Year Recorded

NASA warns of more climate extremes in 2024 and confirms that the Earth's average surface temperature was at its hottest last year.

International Business Times · Jan 14, 2024

Syrian Farmers Abandon The Land For Steadier Jobs

After years of war, drought and economic crisis, Omar Abdel-Fattah was forced to rent out his farmland in northeast Syria, preferring a more stable job to provide for his family.

France 24 · Jul 25, 2023

Intense summer heatwave brings death and wildfire to Mediterranean countries

A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed killing two airmen on Tuesday, as large areas of the Mediterranean sweltered under an intense summer heatwave and Algeria battled to control an inferno in which at least 34 people have died.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

July heatwaves ‘would have been almost impossible without climate change’

They are now expected to occur every few years and will become hotter and more frequent as long as people keep burning fossil fuels, scientists said

Bangkok Post · May 17, 2023

Asean heat wave blamed on climate inaction

The extreme heat that baked parts of Southeast Asia last month was largely driven by human-induced climate change, according to analysis from a team of scientists.

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