Europe’s first major heat wave of the summer began in late June, and caused an estimated 2,300 heat-related deaths. A new rapid study has concluded that almost two-thirds of those deaths would not have occurred were it not for climate change. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have the details about how that study reached those findings, and who is most susceptible to heat-related health complications.
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