Europe, Heat Wave and Break Records
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The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions warm most rapidly.
Relentless, deadly heat is tightening its grip on Europe, with national temperature records expected to not just fall but be obliterated this week. For Europe, it’s a wake up call to a new reality.
Often called the "cold blob", this swath of water in the North Atlantic has bucked the global warming trend, cooling even as the planet's temperatures rise due to human-induced climate change.
The latest heat wave sweeping across Europe is a stark reminder that it is the world's fastest-warming continent, stretching into an Arctic that is heating at an even greater pace.
Europe's record-breaking June heatwave has once again raised questions about low levels of air conditioning adoption in the continent.
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Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
Extreme heat has been smashing temperature records across Europe: in Spain, the United Kingdom and in France. A persistent high pressure system known as a heat dome has settled above the continent for the second time in a month,
