> The reason for the searing temperatures is a “heat dome” hanging over Western Europe—this is essentially a blob of high-pressure air th…
> The reason for the searing temperatures is a “heat dome” hanging over Western Europe—this is essentially a blob of high-pressure air that traps hot air like a Dutch oven. And climate change is helping to drive that hot air toward extremes.
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> “This record-breaking heat has the fingerprints of climate change all over it,” said Friederike Otto, a professor of climate science at Imperial College London, in a statement. “Temperatures on this scale were once exceptional even at the height of summer.”