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Extreme heat killing more than 100 people in Mexico hotter and much more likely due to climate change

An aerial photo of Mexico city with dense buildings and mountains in the background

End of May and beginning of June 2024, Mexico and surrounding regions experienced extreme heat. Mexico already reported 125 heat-related deaths this season. Extreme and persistent heat has been overwhelming south western parts of the US, Mexico, and the northern countries of Central America. The area has been lying under a large and lingering region … Continue reading “Extreme heat killing more than 100 people in Mexico hotter and much more likely due to climate change”

Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada

An aerial photo of wildfires in Quebec, Canada with dense, dark smoke plumes.

During May and June 2023 Canada witnessed exceptionally extreme fire-weather conditions, leading to extensive wildfires that burned over 13 million hectares.

Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change

A Greek firefighter receives care from a Red Cross worker. The firefighter is sweating and grimacing and the Red Cross worker places her hands on his face.

Following a record hot June, large areas of the US and Mexico, Southern Europe and China experienced extreme heat in July 2023, breaking many local high temperature records.

High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely

Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022

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.

Extreme heat killing more than 100 people in Mexico hotter and much more likely due to climate change

Climate change more than doubled the likelihood of extreme fire weather conditions in Eastern Canada

Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change

High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely

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

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