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Europe: the world's fastest-warming continent

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 sweats through new heat wave, with worse to come

France banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany canceled or postponed sports events, and Britain warned of "tropical nights" as Europe sweltered through a heat wave threatening to break June temperature ...

Europe swelters as more heat records set to tumble

Much of Western Europe was sweltering in a grueling heat wave on Friday, with the mercury expected to continue rising in the coming days, likely shattering yet more temperature records.

Early warning tool may protect river fish in heat waves

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have proposed a warning tool that predicts, up to three weeks in advance, when river fish in Switzerland will be at risk from heat. ...

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