African heatwave’s deadly toll directly linked to Global Warming
Last month, temperatures in Mali soared above 48C, leading to hundreds of deaths. Human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, elevated temperatures by up to 1.4C above normal levels. A separate study attributed drought in Southern Africa to El Niño, not climate change. Scientists assert that human-induced climate change rendered a deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel region
