March was not just warmer than average, it was a lot warmer, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service has found.

According to Météo France. “The heat wave will continue at least until the middle of next week with continued high temperatures in much of Western Europe”, said Bob Stefanski, chief of ...

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Wildfires destroyed buildings and burned swathes of land outside of Athens as intense heat swept southern Europe in July. Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP ...

Explore the impact of climate change in Europe with increasing tropical nights affecting popular tourism destinations.

Temperatures were climbing on Sunday as Europe braced for a blistering heat-wave with the mercury set to hit 40 degrees Celsius as summer kicks in on the back of a wave of hot air from North Africa.

no heat wave followed. Another set of tea leaves: dry soils in winter and spring. Swiss researchers recently found that major summer heat waves in Europe between 1976 and 2005 were preceded by at ...

A study has shown that Europe has adapted better to low temperatures than to high temperatures over the last two decades. The relative risk of mortality at the coldest temperatures has decreased by 2% ...

Image: Maps show how much hotter than average Europe was in March (R), and how much rainfall varied across the continent (L). Pic: Copernicus/ECMWF A heat map released alongside the data paints ...

Eastern Europe and southwest Russia in particular saw the mercury soar. A heat map released alongside the data paints most of Europe in dark orange and red to signify just how high the heat was above ...