Report Warns Heat May Kill 451,000 People in First 9 Months of Super El Niño

A report published Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab estimates that extreme heat fueled by this year’s “Super El Niño” event could kill more than 450,000 people in the coming months, in addition to deaths from drought, wildfires, and other extreme weather. The report notes that “anomalously warm conditions” caused by the record-shattering El Niño…
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Ocean Temperatures in July Broke Record Due to Fossil Fuel-Driven Super El Niño

Last month’s average global ocean surface temperature was the hottest ever recorded in the month of July, fueled in part by uniquely intense, fossil fuel-driven El Niño conditions that have wreaked deadly havoc around the world this summer. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said Monday that last month — which ranked as the second warmest July on record — “saw…
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