A team of international scientists says that it is virtually certain that the heatwave that stretched across much of Europe in early July was more likely to happen now than in the past due to climate change.
European heatwave, July 2015
Europe
Latest analyses
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Event type
Location
- Africa
- Arctic
- Asia
- Australasia
- Central America
- Europe
- Global
- Mediterranean
- North America
- Northern Asia
- South America