Sahel, West Africa
West Africa's deadly heat wave driven by climate change, scientists say
A brutal, deadly stretch of heat in West Africa would not have been possible without human-caused climate change, a new report has found.
Lethal heat in West Africa is driven by human-caused climate change
The recent deadly heat in West Africa is driven by human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, particularly in the wealthy Northern Hemisphere, according to an international report.
Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come, says report
By Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) -On a hospital bed in Niger, a 96-year-old woman lay motionless attached to a drip - one of thousands of possible victims of West Africa's worst heatwave in living memory,
Once-in-100 year temperatures in Sahel, West Africa impossible without man-made warming, study finds
A extreme once-in-a-century heatwave in Africa's Sahel and western regions that saw temperatures soar to a high as 48.5 degrees Celsius at the end of March and early April was caused by human-induced climate change.
Africa’s Sahel Can Expect More Deadly Heat Waves, Study Shows
Climate change contributed to an unusually intense heat wave that hit West Africa’s Sahel region this month, with numerous deaths reported in at least two countries, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution.
'Human-induced' climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave: study
The deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday.
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