Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths

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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.

Excerpt · NPR World

• Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths · NPR World
• Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn · The Guardian Environment
• Europe’s hottest summer ever was also its deadliest — by far · Grist