Scorching hot summer leads to record number of heat deaths in European cities

Tens of thousands of people died in European cities last summer as a result of the extreme heat. Scientists from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine made this estimate. What is new about their study is that they also point out the role of climate change through greenhouse gas emissions: they directly link a large proportion of heat deaths to this. The scientists examined data on more than 850 urban areas in 30 European countries, where together about 40 percent of the population lives.