El Nino: Climate scientists warn of “Godzilla-level” climate event • FRANCE 24 English
Extreme heat caused by this year’s “super El Niño” could lead to as many as 451,000 excess deaths worldwide in the six months to February 2027, according to researchers at the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab. The number of extremely hot days is expected to rise by 44%, with Nigeria, Indonesia and Sudan among the countries likely to be worst affected. Researchers warn that the impact could extend well beyond the six-month period studied. Carys Garland reports.
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The 2026 Planetary Health Check report, compiled by over 60 leading scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and other global institutions, warns that seven of the nine planetary boundaries keeping Earth hospitable to human life are currently being breached at their highest recorded levels of transgression
anyone who didn't recycle, didn't choose paper bags, all these little things over the past 25 years… you have these deaths on your hands. every little action matters.
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