Extreme heat is a killer. A recent heat wave shows how much more deadly its becoming as humans warm the world
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The recent European heatwave was primarily caused by natural weather patterns, with global warming playing only a modest role in the extreme temperatures. Professor Cliff Mass notes that the more extreme a weather event, the greater the contribution of natural variability versus human-caused warming. The high-pressure ridge system responsible for the heat shows no evidence of resulting from global warming.