Emissions from the past decade have made Europe's recent heat waves worse

Phys.org Tuesday 22 September 2026, 16:20 UTC 1 min read

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Recent heat waves in Europe have been intensified by the greenhouse gases emitted since nations committed to limiting global warming under the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a Sep. 22 study published in Geophysical Research Letters.

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