The heatwave claimed the lives of 1,147 people in the United Kingdom during the summer.

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**Arabian Sea - Agencies:** **A team of scientists from Imperial College London has found that at least 1,147 people died in the United Kingdom this summer as a result of severe heatwaves linked to climate change. The summer of 2025 is the hottest in years, with increasing effects of global warming caused by human activity, according to the study reported by the British news agency (PA Media).** **The researchers used climate models and historical mortality records to estimate the impact of heatwaves, concluding that global warming, mainly caused by burning fossil fuels and deforestation, raised temperatures by an average of 2.2 degrees Celsius, sometimes reaching 3.6 degrees during June and August.** **The study indicated that heat was responsible for 68% of the total 24,000 deaths recorded in 854 European cities and regions during the summer, i.e., about 16,500 excess deaths compared to a summer that did not witness the impact of human activity, including 835 deaths in Rome, 630 in Athens, 409 in Paris, and 387 in Madrid, according to "Al-Araby Al-Jadeed."** **The researchers explained that heatwaves affect people with chronic diseases such as heart, kidney, and respiratory diseases, and heat is often not mentioned as a direct cause on death certificates, while the study confirms the increased frequency and severity of heatwaves due to global climate change.**