US EditionWorld weather study: Climate change makes deadly heat 35 times more likely in the USA and Mexico
- Deadly heat in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America recently was 35 times more likely due to global warming, as stated by an international network of climate scientists.
- The World Weather Attribution group of scientists found extreme highs in May and June were four times more likely today than 25 years ago.
- Human-Induced warming from fossil fuel burning made the temperature event 1.4 degrees Celsius hotter and 35 times more likely.
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Parts of Central and North America were recently hit by a dangerous heat wave: At least 120 people died in Mexico alone. A study now shows what role climate change played in this.
Human-caused climate change is 35 times more likely to cause extreme heat in the southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, scientists said today.
Scorching heat wave in Mexico and Southwest US intensified due to climate change
Climate change has significantly worsened the recent deadly heat wave in Mexico and the Southwestern United States, making it 35 times more likely and 2.5 degrees hotter.Seth Borenstein reports for the Associated Press.In short:Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and severity of the...
The thermometers broke records, which will be increasingly frequent and intense. Extreme heat causes more deaths than hurricanes or floods globally, according to the World Weather Attribution.
Study finds deadly heat waves in Mexico made 35 times more likely by human-induced climate change
Human-induced climate change made a deadly heat wave in Mexico, Central America and the southern United States exponentially more likely, a report by World Weather Attribution Thursday.
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Climate change made deadly heat 35x more likely in US, Mexico, Central America
WASHINGTON: Deadly heat that blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America recently was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists said on Thursday
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