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UPDATED – Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat ✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/cySkDf0

That 'record-breaking heat wave' & associated deaths had a root cause #fossilfuels #climatechange #globalheating #science 'The heat wave — the worst to ever to hit Western Europe — could not have occurred without humans heating the planet by burning fossil fuels, scientists said. '

France's record-breaking heatwave made 'at least five times' more likely ... This is are-post from Carbon Brief by Daisy Dunne The record-breaking heatwave that struck France last week was made at “least five times more likely” by climate change, according to a new quick-fire assessment. Apreliminary analysisby scientists at theWorld Weather Attributionnetwork finds that the average temperature of such a heatwave in France is now “4C higher” than it would have been a century ago, the authors say. Usingclimate models, the authors conclude that such an increase in heatwave intensity was made at least five times more likely by human-caused climate change. However, they note that there are “large uncertainties” in their analysis and the true influence of climate change could be higher. The research is the latest in “attributionscience”, a field that aims to quantify the “fingerprint” of climate change on extreme-weather events, such as heatwaves, floods and droughts. Europe has been struck by anotherextreme heatwave. Hot weather being drawn up from theSahara– in combination with clear skies – has seen temperatures soar in France, Germany and Spain over recent days. Last Friday,…

Europe sweats through new heatwave, with worse to come Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming, primarily caused by burning coal, oil and gas — and warn they are set to become more frequent, longer and more intense

UK heatwave has ‘fingerprints of climate change all over it’ https://www.europesays.com/3018891/ The UK’s current record-breaking heatwave has the “fingerprints of climate change all over it,” a leading climate scientist…

"Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are continuing to rise, trapping more heat and driving more extreme weather, including the record-breaking heatwave that has hit the UK and Europe this week." @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels <p>Experts warn that some marine species are at risk of ‘mass mortality events’ in ever-warming oceans</p><p>UK waters are being hit with an “extreme” marine heatwave, the Met Office has said, as scientists warn the high ocean temperatures globally could result in “mass-mortality events” for some species.</p><p>The forecasters said these elevated temperatures have developed rapidly because of last month’s heat dome, during which most of Europe sweltered in its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/europe-heatwave-impossible-without-climate-crisis-scientists">worst ever heatwave</a> that scientists said would have been impossible without the climate crisis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/uk-waters-extreme-heatwave-global-sea-temperatures-record-climate-crisis">Continue reading...</a>

Scientists Warn of Summer Heat Spikes as Global Warming Edges ... Former federal climate experts warn that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations hit a record high in May and that the monthly average global temperature this summer could rise as much as 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.9 degrees Celsius) above the pre-industrial benchmark used to measure the heating from greenhouse gases. Research shows human-caused warming will contribute significantly to deadly heat waves, intensified storms and wildfires, atmospheric scientist Zack Labe said as he opened a Tuesday briefing by a team of experts with Climate Central , a nonprofit research and communications organization based in Washington, D.C. Labe and several other members of the Climate Central team are former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists. They decided to provide public monthly climate updates after NOAA, citing Trump administration budget cuts, canceled its briefings last year. Climate Central’s monthly briefings are part of a larger effort to ensure useful climate information remains available to the public as the current administration tries to erase the topic from government records. Several other…

Record UK heatwave has 'fingerprints of climate change all over it' The UK’s current record-breaking heatwave has the “fingerprints of climate change all over it,” a leading climate scientist has told The Independent , while warning that the UK government must do much more to adapt to what is the new reality. Britain is currently experiencing their fifth consecutive day of soaring temperatures, with 35C recorded at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday breaking the May temperature record for the second time in two days. Locations ranging from Suffolk to Berkshire and Warwickshire have all broken temperature records, according to the Met Office, with the 34.8C recorded in Kew Gardens in London on Monday smashing the former May record of 32.8C – set in 1922 – by a massive two degrees. That record was then increased on Tuesday. Blistering UK temperatures also meant that London was set to be warmer than temperatures set in Lagos, Cairo or Ho Chi Minh City, according to early forecasts. Friederike Otto, professor of climate science at Imperial College London, told The Independent that these “astonishing” spring temperatures point to how the climate crisis is now seriously meddling with our weath…

Climate change 'hitting the world with a vengeance: Higher temperatures for longer periods of time' Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the National Heat Risk Commission at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. Europe's recurring heatwaves are no longer exceptional weather events but evidence of a structural climatic transformation. Boyd argues that the continent has entered an era in which extreme heat should be understood as a systemic national risk rather than a seasonal inconvenience. Drawing on climate science, she contends that rising temperatures are unfolding largely as predicted, with Europe warming faster than many other regions and heatwaves becoming both more frequent and longer lasting.

“Climate change — driven predominantly by humans burning fossil fuels — makes heatwaves more frequent and intense. This has driven the increased frequency of heatwaves and record-breaking temperatures in the UK in recent years.” There, fixed it for you, BBC News.

Europe heatwave 'brutal reminder' of climate change The UN climate chief said Wednesday that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was "a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis". Britain and France have reported their hottest ever May days this week as a "heat dome" brought sizzling temperatures more typical of midsummer to western Europe. With temperatures remaining stubbornly above 30C across much of northern Europe and predicted to go up again Thursday, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the "main culprit" was humanity's burning of coal, oil and gas -- the primary driver of climate change.

"This record-breaking heat has the fingerprints of climate change all over it”, according to an eminent climate science professor. The British Government must work with the vast majority of governments who remain committed to holding down global temperature increases. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...

UK heatwave has ‘fingerprints of climate change all over it’ https://www.europesays.com/3019135/ The UK’s current record-breaking heatwave has the “fingerprints of climate change all over it,” a leading climate scientist…

UK seas in hot water: the rising threat of marine heatwaves The North Sea has recorded record temperatures. Image: Geographical Sea temperatures around the UK have soared to record highs, threatening marine life, damaging fisheries, and raising urgent questions for climate policy By Geographical Staff In recent years, the waters surrounding the United Kingdom have been experiencing unprecedented warming , with 2024 marking a significant milestone. According to the Met Office, the average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) around the UK have been consistently above historical averages, contributing to a series of marine heatwaves that have profound implications for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Record-breaking sea temperatures Data from the Met Office indicates that the summer of 2023 saw SSTs in UK waters reaching levels up to 5°C above the long-term average. On 19 May the average sea surface temperature reached 12.69ºC in UK waters. Scientists expect 2025 to be one of the hottest on record. The North Atlantic experienced record-breaking temperatures during spring 2023, with global sea surface temperatures for both April and May 2023 being the highest on record for those…

"The blazes follow a premature #May #heatwave and another in #June that shattered temperature records across western #Europe, caused thousands of excess deaths and left vast areas of land particularly vulnerable to wildfires." #ClimateChange

Extreme heat in Europe ‘a brutal reminder’ of climate crisis, UN chief says <p>Simon Stiell said burning fossil fuels was driving intense heatwaves as UK and France broke temperature records on consecutive days</p><p>The UN climate chief has said an extreme early heat event sweeping parts of western Europe was “a brutal reminder of the spiralling impacts of the climate crisis”, after France and the UK set new temperature records for May on two consecutive days.</p><p>Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said on Wednesday the “main culprit” was humanity’s burning of coal, oil and gas – known to be the primary driver of climate change.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/extreme-heat-in-europe-a-brutal-reminder-of-climate-crisis-un-chief-says">Continue reading...</a>

Climate Change Leaves Fingerprints A top climate attribution scientist helps journalists understand–and explain–them People take rest under a bridge at the Yamuna River bed during a record-breaking heat wave in New Delhi, India in May 2022. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh via Getty Images) Friederike Otto is a leading practitioner of arguably the most important development in climate science in many years: attribution science. Specialists like Otto can now calculate how much responsibility man-made global heating has for a given extreme weather event. The brutal heat wave that scorched India and Pakistan in 2022, for example, was made30 times more likelyby global warming, Otto and her colleagues at the nonprofit World Weather Attribution group found. Like police officers dusting a crime scene for fingerprints, attribution science reveals what role climate change played in a given weather disaster. For journalists, such calculations are invaluable. Attribution science equips us with the data to connect the dots between climate change as a distant abstraction and climate change as a current reality — and to do so quickly, when our audiences arefeelingthose impacts. Which means jo…

@This record-breaking heat has the fingerprints of climate change all over it,” Friederike Otto, a professor of climate science at Imperial College London, said in a statement. “Temperatures on this scale were once exceptional even at the height of summer.” Scientific American

Europe heatwave ‘brutal reminder’ of climate change: UN https://www.europesays.com/ie/505625/ The UN climate chief has said that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was…

…to human-caused global warming. “This record-breaking heat has the fingerprints of climate change all over it,” @frediotto.bsky.social professor of climate science at Imperial College London, said in a statement.

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are continuing to rise, trapping more heat and driving more extreme weather, including the record-breaking heatwave that has hit the UK and Europe this week. And Farage wants to pump oil. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Scientists from the World Weather Attribution say a heatwave of this magnitude so early in the summer would have been virtually impossible 50 years ago. They say climate change is "unequivocally" to blame." -- www.bbc.com/news/article...

Europe's record heatwave: does the continent have a new climate? Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X People get relief from a water hose on 25 June in Cologne, Germany, as a record-setting heatwave pummels the nation. Credit: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty As the second unprecedented heatwave in Europe this year smashes temperature records, many people are asking the same questions: is this the new normal? Has Europe’s climate fundamentally changed? Oceans in Asia smash heat records — what it means for extreme weather Scientists who spoke to Nature say that a European heatwave lasting four or five days, with London approaching 40 °C, is an anomaly. “It’s nothing short of phenomenal,” notes Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist at the Australian National University in Canberra. But researchers also say that Europeans can expect to see more of these events in the future as global warming continues. “Heatwaves are here to stay, until we turn the tap off to global emissions,” says Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Reading, UK. “They’re more frequent, they’re more …

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are continuing to rise, trapping more heat and driving more extreme weather, including the record-breaking heatwave that has hit the UK and Europe this week www.theguardian.com/environment/... #DonaldTrump #oilandgas #ClimateEmergency #ActOnClimate

(1/2) The record-breaking heat that’s scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change. This is becoming an increasingly common and dangerous reality thanks to fossil fuel emissions.