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The unprecedented temperatures in the summer of 2022 caused more than 68,000 deaths on the continent, according to astudy by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation. A new study has now found that more than half — 56% — of the heat-related deaths in the summer … Read more

Regional temperature and heat-related mortality rate during the summer of 2022. Credit: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41612-024-00783-2. WOK The unprecedented temperatures in the summer of 2022 caused more than 68,000 deaths on the continent, according to a study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study found that more than … Read more