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27 07, 2022

KNMI still covers up old heat waves

By |2022-07-27T12:32:03+02:0027 July 2022|News, The Netherlands|Comments Off on KNMI still covers up old heat waves

Last week The Netherlands experienced one hot day (39°C in some places) and unsurprisingly it was connected to climate change. The Dutch Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) even claimed on national television that the hottest days are now four degrees Celsius warmer than a century ago. But is this true? Rob de Vos, [...]

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19 06, 2021

Do extreme temperatures really increase mortality?

By |2021-06-19T11:45:13+02:0019 June 2021|News|Comments Off on Do extreme temperatures really increase mortality?

Climate change, relative to the pre-industrial baseline, is alleged to cause already over one third of all heat-related deaths globally. If this is true, the number of cold-related deaths due to climate change must have decreased much more. But that is never addressed by climate researchers. Extreme heat can kill, even in the Netherlands. [...]

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