{"id":11274,"date":"2022-07-30T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/07\/30\/the-uks-extreme-heatwave-would-have-been-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:13:27","slug":"the-uks-extreme-heatwave-would-have-been-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/07\/30\/the-uks-extreme-heatwave-would-have-been-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s extreme heatwave would have been \u2018virtually impossible\u2019 without climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/7\/29\/23283642\/uk-heatwave-extreme-climate-change-attribution-study<\/a>
\n
<\/br><\/code><\/p>\n

\n

Climate change made the record-smashing heatwave in the UK last week at least 10 times more likely, new research<\/a> has found. The analysis was published yesterday by the World Weather Attribution initiative, a collaboration of scientists from universities and research institutes around the globe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a climate unaffected by human-induced climate change, it would be virtually impossible for temperatures in the UK to reach 40\u00b0C but climate change is already making UK heatwaves more frequent, intense and long-lasting,\u201d Mark McCarthy, science manager of the National Climate Information Centre, said in a Met Office press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Met Office declared, for the first time, a \u201cRed<\/a>\u201d heat warning for \u201cexceptional heat\u201d in parts of England for July 18th and 19th. And the Health Security Agency issued its highest alert for heat health<\/a>, saying \u201cillness and death may occur among the fit and healthy, and not just in high-risk groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n