Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify

According to The Guardian, western Europe has just endured its hottest June on record. The EU's Copernicus climate monitoring service found surface air temperatures across the region ran three point zero six degrees Celsius above the average of recent decades. Scientists link the deadly heatwave to carbon pollution, and the strain is showing: the UK is entering its third heatwave of the year, while wildfires burn across France and Spain. Researchers warn the intensifying heat poses mounting risks to people, ecosystems, and infrastructure.

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