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Scientists: global warming to blame for heatwave deaths

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The heatwave that killed thousands of people in Europe in 2003 can be blamed on manmade climate change. Image source: Shutterstock (#328175312).

New research shows that hundreds of deaths during the heatwave across Europe in 2003 can be attributed to manmade climate change. According to calculations by scientists, roughly 70 percent of the heat-related deaths recorded that summer in Paris were caused by global warming.

The Guardian

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