Human contribution to the record-breaking June and July 2019 heatwaves in Western Europe

Two extreme heatwaves hit Western Europe in the summer of 2019, with historical records broken by more than a degree in many locations, and significant societal impacts, including excess mortality of several thousand people. The extent to which human influence has played a role in the occurrence of...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Robert Vautard, Maarten van Aalst, Olivier Boucher, Agathe Drouin, Karsten Haustein, Frank Kreienkamp, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Friederike E L Otto, Aurélien Ribes, Yoann Robin, Michel Schneider, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux, Peter Stott, Sonia I Seneviratne, Martha M Vogel, Michael Wehner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Subjects:	climate change heat wave extreme event attribution open climate campaign
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aba3d4

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