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The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A “silent killer”.This is how doctors defined heat waves because they claim many more victims than most people realize.And they have impacts on bodies and mental health. According to the United Nations, 2.4 billion people worldwide are under threat by “increasingly severe heat waves, caused largely by a fossil fuel-induced climate crisis.” A study recently published on Nature Medicine found that in 2023 – the warmest year on record although scientists they predict that 2024 will soon take its place – heat waves, worsened by carbon dioxide pollution, have killed almost 50 thousand people in Europe.And the death rate would have been 80% higher if people had not adapted to rising temperatures over the past two decades.This means that efforts to adapt societies to heat waves are effective, explains to Guardian Elisa Gallo, environmental epid...

Drought and above average temperatures have created the perfect conditions for the birth of spontaneous fires

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The fires around Palermo, on the island of Rhodes, in Greece, in Algeria;the torrential rains that hit Milan at night;the record temperatures that continue from week to week and divide Europe, and Italy in particular, in two:thunderstorms in the north, Saharan dust in the centre-south. Perfect image to summarize what Italy is experiencing.Thunderstorms in the North and in part of Tuscany, intrusion of Saharan dust in the centre-south suspended within desert air masses.It is the last act of 17 days that are unlikely to be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/RJ7OgwRZwu— Giulio Betti (@Giulio_Firenze) July 25, 2023 If we needed further manifestations of the effects of the climate crisis, we are experiencing them first-hand. At all latitudes, from the far west to Japan.Nevertheless it's still there those who sow doubts, belittle and pollute the public debate by claiming that it is not the first...

It is not clear what the trigger was, but the flames spread thanks to invasive plants

The expert, president of the Italian Climate Network, comments on the weather events that have affected Italy in recent days