Numerous studies have shown that heatwaves such as the one that baked northern Europe this week are made more likely by climate change, and as man-made greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, 2019 fits a general warming trend.
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JULY 2019
THIS PAST WEEK JULY 14-27
Parisians are bracing for potentially the hottest ever temperature in the French capital this week as a new heatwave blasts into northern Europe that could set records in several countries.
Temperatures were already topping 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday in Paris, but the mercury could soar beyond 40C on Thursday and topple a record dating back to 1947.
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Dozens of flights cancelled at UK's busiest airports as extreme UK weather wreaks havoc
BA grounds at least 40 flights, while easyJet cancels 10 to and from Gatwick alone
As Europe sweltered in the second record-breaking heatwave in a month, three peer-reviewed papers offered the most detailed overview of regional temperature trends dating back 2,000 years, reports Patrick Galey.
Asia Times | 20th-century warming ‘unmatched’ in 2,000 years | Article
Temperatures in the Little Ice Age and other anomalous periods didn’t rise
or fall in global lock-step as assumed
The hot air that smashed European weather records this week looks set to move towards Greenland and could cause record melting of the world's second largest ice sheet, the United Nations said on Friday.
Europe's record heatwave threatens Greenland ice sheet
