Emissions over the past decade have significantly intensified heatwaves in Europe

The emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere during the last decade, after the Paris Agreement of 2015, have significantly intensified the heat waves that have been recorded in Europe.

This has been verified by a team from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability (Stanford University, United States), which focuses its research work on climate change and sustainability, and this Tuesday they publish the results of their work in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Thanks to the combination of generative artificial intelligence systems and scientific models, the researchers determined that the extreme heat of the summer of 2025 would have been more moderate without the pollution of the last decade, findings that show that even minimal increases in global temperature, such as a third of a degree, drastically increase the risks of mortality and socioeconomic damage. According to the summary of the research provided by the University, this work marks a technical milestone by successfully separating human influence from natural climate variability in specific weather events. Experts have also warned that extreme temperatures will continue to worsen, requiring urgent preparation for imminent climate disasters.

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