Heatwave made more than twice as likely by climate change, scientists find
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#3VP83)
Fingerprints of global warming clear, they say, after comparing northern Europe's scorching summer with records and computer models
The heatwave searing northern Europe was made more than twice as likely by climate change, according to a rapid assessment by scientists.
The result is preliminary but they say the signal of climate change is "unambiguous". Scientists have long predicted that global warming is ramping up the number and intensity of heatwaves, with events even worse than current one set to strike every other year by the 2040s.
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