Mexico's heat wave made monkeys fall dead from trees. With climate change, that'll happen more often

Human-caused climate change made the devastating heat wave across Central America and the southern U.S. in May 35 times more likely, and is set to happen way more often in the coming decades, according to an analysis by a global weather attribution research group.

Mexico's heat wave made monkeys fall dead from trees. With climate change, that'll happen more often
Civil Protection members hand out bottles of cold water during a heatwave in Monterrey, Mexico in May.

Human-caused climate change made the devastating heat wave across Central America and the southern U.S. in May 35 times more likely, and is set to happen way more often in the coming decades, according to an analysis by a global weather attribution research group.