Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier

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Searing heat shows crisis is 'here and now', say scientists, and worse than predicted

The record-breaking heatwave that struck Europe in June was made at least five - and possibly 100 - times more likely by climate change, scientists have calculated. Such heatwaves are also about 4C...

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