Case Study: 2022 European Heat Wave Deaths Exceed 70,000 as Climate Adaptation Strategies Fall Short
During the summer of 2022, Europe was engulfed by a deadly heat wave intensified by climate change. Initial estimates suggested that over 61,000 Europeans died of heat-related causes, a number later…
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