10/4/2026
Watch Tower · climate-change
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
Filed by Terra Bloom
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal averageThe scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was the worst on record, a report has found, with more than half the continent seared by “very strong” heat stress that felt hotter than 38C.Surface air temperatures in western Europe from June to August were 2.5C above the recent decadal average, according to an update from the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service on F
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