Europe’s record-shattering heat wave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ just a few decades ago. Here’s why
High temperatures force tourists to seek shelter under an umbrella at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on June 24 2026. Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been. Records have fallen like dominoes: France experienced its hottest day on record Wednesday, beating a record set only the day before.
- ▪High temperatures force tourists to seek shelter under an umbrella at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on June 24 2026.
- ▪Heat domes are not unusual, but the temperatures in this one have been.
- ▪Records have fallen like dominoes: France experienced its hottest day on record Wednesday, beating a record set only the day before.
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High temperatures force tourists to seek shelter under an umbrella at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on June 24 2026. Francesca Bolla/AGF/Shutterstock Facebook Twitter LinkedIn googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1652956513490-0'); }); The record-shattering June heat that’s baked Europe this week would have been “virtually impossible” just a few decades ago, according to a new analysis, which says the human-driven climate crisis is “unequivocally to blame.” The ongoing heat wave is the region’s “most severe ever recorded,” according to the study published Friday by World Weather Attribution, a scientific network which analyzes the role of climate change in driving extreme weather events.
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