Europe experiences warmest summer on record

Last summer was the warmest in Europe since records began in 1979, with several intense and prolonged heatwaves leading to problems in agriculture and the energy sector.
That is according to new data from the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service, which also shows that last year was the second-warmest ever recorded in Europe, surpassed only by 2020. In addition, the EUContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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