Cited 7 July 2026: ‘Impossible’ heat | Global ocean record | Climate change and the ozone hole

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‘HEAT ALERT’: At least 25 people died as a “heat dome” smothered the eastern half of the US, reported the Guardian, with more than 20 states under “stifling temperatures more than 100F (38C)”. More than 140 million people were under heat alerts, the outlet said, with dead bodies found in “homes with no air conditioning, outside their residences, on the street and in parked cars”. Analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) found that the combined heat and humidity would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused warming, reported the New York Times.

‘MORTALITY WILL RISE FURTHER’: Meanwhile, extreme heat continued to hit Europe, with Le Monde reporting on

Original Record.

This archived record authored by ‘Robert McSweeney’ at ‘Carbon Brief’ was recovered from data set:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/cited-7-july-2026-impossible-heat-global-ocean-record-climate-change-and-the-ozone-hole/