Climate Changed

Yes, Climate Change Made Europe’s Heat Wave Even Hotter

Human-driven emissions added up to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit to the extreme weather event, the United Nations says.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Heat scorched Western Europe this July in what will likely be confirmed as the hottest month in recorded history, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.

“This is not your grandfather’s summer,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez said.