Europe heatwave 'virtually impossible' without human-caused climate change

A rapid study by the World Weather Attribution group, published Friday, concludes that Europe's exceptional heatwave this week would have been virtually impossible fifty years ago without human-caused climate change. The finding reinforces a growing scientific consensus: extreme heat events are no longer rare anomalies—they're direct signatures of a warming planet.

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