Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative

Monk Debunks: Beyond the narrative

Heatwaves Caused by Fall in Pollution? Not really...

What a study on European warming actually found and how it got twisted into a climate-denial talking point.

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Emma Monk
Jul 26, 2026
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The Telegraph ran a piece titled Heatwaves caused by fall in pollution this week, and we can safely say the word “caused” is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting here.

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The Telegraph was reporting on a research paper published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal, which looked at the impact of aerosols on European summer tem…

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