Human-caused climate change tripled the number of estimated deaths in the recent European heat wave, according to a new analysis

The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event.

Humanity’s burning of fossil fuels directly led to the deaths of at least 1,500 people in a European heatwave last week, a landmark study said.

The heat was so expansive that mountaintops, including the French Alps, that are usually frozen from snowpack saw record temperatures. Heat records were set for June in Spain and Portugal.

Heat wave blisters Europe: What it means for Wimbledon, the Eiffel Tower Temperatures climbed above 100 degrees Fahrenheit across parts of Europe, creating health concerns and closing historic ...

Europe is currently experiencing its first major heatwave of the summer, with cities including Paris, Rome, The Hague, and Barcelona facing temperatures well above the seasonal average. Following a notably dry spring,

Extreme heat in Europe has been blamed for hundreds of deaths, a national monument has been shuttered in Greece and millions of Americans are under heat warnings from the National Weather Service as a scorching July gets underway around the world.

“But of course, you need three days at those temperatures for it to be able to be called a technical heatwave. “So, although the temperature will be reaching the criteria, we probably won’t actually reach an official heatwave until around Friday, to give the three consecutive days at those temperatures.