May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future

Image: The Guardian
ad slot · in-content video 16:9
Coverage
Wires & papers of record
- EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average The 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…