Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths
Summary
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8640x5760+0+0/resize/8640x5760!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F87%2Fbc9fc723445b893b3d073c2da611%2Fap26295686426422.jpg' alt='FILE - Faithful wait for the start of Pope Leo XIV Angelus prayer St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Aug. 2, 2026.'/>Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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