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Senior Science Editor at @CarbonBrief with a fondness for baking and Arsenal FC. All opinions are my own, however dull they might be.
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Factcheck: No, Europe’s heatwaves are not being ‘caused’ by declining air pollution

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By Robert McSweeney Verified
| Carbon Brief Verified
This summer has seen Europe suffer through a series of record-breaking heatwaves. Amid widespread media coverage of the number of deaths and the influence of climate change, the UK’s Daily Telegraph reported on new research with the incorrect headline: “Heatwaves caused by fall in pollution.” The article was shared on social media by Richard Tice – deputy leader of the hard-right, climate-sceptic Reform UK party – along with a number of prominent rightwing commentators.
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Cited 21 July 2026: Fossil-fuelled ‘firewave’ | US attribution report | West Africa floods

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By Daisy Dunne Verified, Robert McSweeney Verified
| Carbon Brief Verified
Welcome to Cited, your essential guide to new climate research. ‘FIREWAVE’: Scientists have linked wildfires that ravaged Europe and North America this week to climate change.
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Cited 7 July 2026: ‘Impossible’ heat | Global ocean record | Climate change and the ozone hole

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By Robert McSweeney Verified
| Carbon Brief Verified
Welcome to Cited, your essential guide to new climate research. ‘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”.
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