Europe suffers deadliest summer on record after extreme weather
Europe experienced its deadliest summer on record in 2026, with elevated temperatures claiming more than 50,000 lives in towns and cities across the continent, according to a landmark study.
Researchers estimated that two-thirds of these excess deaths – exceeding 32,000 – can be directly linked to climate change intensifying the extreme heat.
In the UK, urban areas recorded around 4,500 excess deaths, with 2,500 of those attributed to the heightened severity of heatwaves driven by global warming, according to the paper published in Nature Health.
Europe experienced its deadliest summer on record in 2026, with elevated temperatures claiming more than 50,000 lives in towns and cities across the continent, according to a landmark study.
Researchers estimated that two-thirds of these excess deaths – exceeding 32,000 – can be directly linked to climate change intensifying the extreme heat.
In the UK, urban areas recorded around 4,500 excess deaths, with 2,500 of those attributed to the heightened severity of heatwaves driven by global warming, according to the paper published in Nature Health.
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4 comments:
I couldn't find any link to the report in the article so all we have to emote to is some journalists trying to catch your attention. And that's before we try and distinguish between weather fluctuations and anthropogenic climate change.
DJ - yes, it's not obvious how we could know if there is at least one published report behind it, or if it is based on activist claims. It could be carelessness or it could be deliberate obfuscation to get a story out.
"Researchers estimated that ...": as an ex-researcher I object to our names being blackened by being associated with fools and crooks at ... oh, Imperial College and Harvard for a start.
dearieme - it's a pernicious research problem too, as it's not obvious how the sackings will come about in corrupted institutions.
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