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‘El Niño is a distraction’: Why Europe’s deadly heatwave isn’t down to a natural weather phenomenon

Europeans are sweltering under the latest heatwave, which experts say is being “amplified by long-term warming” – not El Niño.

Euronews

UK heatwave: 40C in June must be wake-up call on climate crisis, scientists warn

Soaring temperatures should be seen as public health threat, expert warns as temperatures expected to smash records set in June 1976

The Independent UK

Strong El Niño may stretch to 2028 as UN warns climate change to smash heat records in next 5 years

Climate scientists have warned that a "whole range of extreme weather events" are brewing, as a strong El Niño coincides with global warming.

Euronews

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Novel about ‘Disneyfication’ of nature wins climate fiction prize

Hum, Helen Phillips’ third novel, featuring a woman whose job is taken by a humanoid robot, is a terrifying look into a future where AI rules and nature is scarce

The Guardian - UK

Record heat has ‘fingerprints of climate change all over it’. What can Europe expect this summer?

"The climate we are living in today is simply not the one we grew up with, and our buildings and infrastructure are woefully unprepared for what's next.”

Euronews

UK heatwave has ‘fingerprints of climate change all over it’

‘It’s clearly exceptional when the May temperature record falls not once but twice in two days’

The Independent UK

Heat threat hangs over 2026 FIFA World Cup as scientists warn of unsafe match conditions

The 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America faces a significant risk from soaring temperatures. Scientists warn that many matches could be played in dangerous heat conditions, potentially impacting player welfare and performance. Some games may even require postponement. FIFA is implementing heat-management measures, but concerns remain for players and…

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‘Hazardous’ heat could put World Cup players’ health and performance at risk, report warns

Climate scientists are calling on FIFA and fans “to realise that there is no aspect of society not affected by climate change”.

Euronews

England fans warned of serious health risks from extreme Texas heat at World Cup

England are set to play their first match of the World Cup against Croatia in Texas

The Independent UK

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

Unseasonably warm and even dangerous temperatures this week were up to 30F above average for the time of year

The Guardian - US

‘Dangerous disasters’: How human-made climate change ‘intensified’ Europe’s winter downpours

Previously "manageable" storms are transforming into “dangerous disasters” due to human-generated emissions, a new report warns.

Euronews

Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by global heating, analysis finds

Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and whether we like it or not … there’s ultimately a limit to what we can actually physically cope with,’ scientist says

The Guardian - AU

Warning as scientists find this year was one of the three hottest on record

Climate change made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded

The Independent UK

Climate change linked to 16,500 heat deaths in European cities this summer

Rising heat driven by climate change caused an estimated 16,500 deaths in European cities this summer, researchers said Wednesday.

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Climate change fuelled wildfires of 'unprecedented intensity' in Spain and Portugal, experts say

Researchers warn that simultaneous fires across Europe are overwhelming firefighting resources.

The Independent UK

Scandinavian heatwave that saw reindeer flock to cities made 10 times more likely by climate crisis

Temperatures in parts of Norway and Sweden climbed to 33–35C, far above seasonal norms

International Business Times

'Silent Killer': The Science Of Tracing Climate Deaths In Heatwaves

A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.

The Independent UK

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths

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Euronews

Climate change tripled death toll of latest European heatwave, first ever rapid study finds

A ‘silent killer’, the June to July heatwave is estimated to have claimed many more lives than the Valencia floods last year.

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UK heatwave: Climate change has made 32C heat in England 100 times more likely, scientists say

Adaptation is still lagging behind the growing threat of extreme heat in the UK, the researchers warn.

The Guardian - UK

Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis

High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

Al Jazeera

Month of May was world’s second-warmest on record: EU scientists

The biggest temperature increases were recorded in the Middle East, West Asia, northeast Russia, and north Canada.

The Independent UK

Greenland and Iceland saw record heat in May. What does that mean for the planet?

A new analysis says human-caused climate change had a key role in the record-breaking heat wave in Iceland and Greenland in May

Euronews

‘Old statistics do not apply’: Record-breaking Arctic heatwave made 3C hotter by climate change

Spring heat could be an emerging threat for vulnerable people in Iceland and Inuit communities in Greenland.

The Independent UK

Starmer government ‘trying to fix wings of a plane while already in flight’, veteran political adviser says

The cross-bench peer and former boss of BP fears the prime minister does not have a proper plan

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