2026-06-26 15:57 UTC
Heat waves are driven by weather patterns but occur on the backdrop of a rapidly warming world. Without climate change the current European heat wave would have been ~3.2 °C (5.8 °F) cooler.
Heat impacts are non-linear, so this higher severity can lead to much greater suffering
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@hausfath@fediscience.org 2026-06-26 15:57
Europe has been warming at a much faster rate than the world as a whole: roughly twice as fast as the global average, and 40% faster than the global land average.