'Heat waves impossible without climate change'

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 26, 2023 12:08 am

PARIS: Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been 'virtually impossible' without human-caused climate change, researchers said on Tuesday, as intense temperatures spark health alerts and stoke ferocious wildfires.

With tens of millions of people affected in the Northern Hemisphere and July on track to be the hottest month globally since records began, experts warn that worse is to come unless we reduce planet-heating emissions.

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