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Climate change made record breaking early season heat in Argentina and Paraguay about 60 times more likely

A large area centred around the central-northern part of Argentina, and also southern Bolivia, central Chile, and most of Paraguay and Uruguay, experienced record-breaking temperatures during two consecutive heatwaves in late November and early December 2022.

21 December, 2022 | Heatwave | South America

Without human-caused climate change temperatures of 40°C in the UK would have been extremely unlikely

On Monday and Tuesday, 18 & 19 July 2022, an exceptional heatwave affected large parts of the UK. It was the first time that temperatures of 40°C and above have been forecast in the UK.

28 July, 2022 | Heatwave | Europe

Climate Change made devastating early heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely

Since the beginning of March, India and Pakistan and large parts of South Asia experienced prolonged heat, that at the time of writing, May 2022, still hasn’t subsided.

23 May, 2022 | Heatwave | Asia

Western North American extreme heat virtually impossible without human-caused climate change

During the last days of June 2021, Pacific northwest areas of the U.S. and Canada experienced temperatures never previously observed, with records broken in many places by several degrees Celsius.

07 July, 2021 | Heatwave | North America

Siberian heatwave of 2020 almost impossible without climate change

Photo by Konstantin Dyadyun on Unsplash

In the first six months of 2020, Siberia experienced a period of unusually high temperatures, including a record-breaking 38 degrees C in the town of Verkhoyansk on 20 June, causing wide-scale impacts including wildfires, loss of permafrost, and an invasion of pests.

15 July, 2020 | Heatwave | Northern Asia

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