For the second time in two months, western and central Europe has been hit by a record-breaking heatwave.

Temperature records have toppled in multiple countries, with France seeing its “hottest day ever” for two days running and the UK, Spain and Switzerland breaking records for June.

A rapid-response attribution study has concluded that “climate change is unequivocally to blame”, noting that the scorching temperatures would have been “virtually impossible” 50 years ago.

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Original Record.

This archived record authored by ‘Tom Prater’ at ‘Carbon Brief’ was recovered from data set:

https://www.carbonbrief.org/media-reaction-how-climate-change-intensified-europes-record-breaking-june-heat

One response to “Media reaction: How climate change intensified Europe’s record-breaking June heat”

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    Attribution evidence was preserved because it closed the distance between abstract warming and lived heat. The record showed that the event was not merely unusual weather, but a changed probability landscape.

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