Hot days are getting hotter in north-west Europe – and the region is poorly equipped to cope.
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Articles on UK heatwave 2022
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A couple weeks of rain doesn’t make up for months of dry weather.
Britain is suffering through its worst drought since the 1970s.
Flash flooding often follows periods of drought.
Unlike this time, the dry summer of 1976 followed a particularly dry year.
Adapt to climate change with insulated walls, window shutters and reverse-cycle heat pumps.
In the UK, ethnic minorities are four times more likely to live in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods.
Global heating may be making the weather systems behind heatwaves more common in Europe.
With extreme weather events becoming more common, the fire and rescue service will need to change its approach.
Traditionally cool countries need to look at how nations with high levels of heat adapt.
Step one: check the thermometer isn’t next to an ice cream van or barbecue.
Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But Europe’s ordeal is yet another sign changes in Earth’s climate have already reached dangerous levels.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Imperial College London
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Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Associate professor, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, University of Waikato
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Professor of Water and Food Systems, Cranfield University
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Visiting Fellow in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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PhD Candidate in Climate Change and Health, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology, University of Nottingham
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DPhil Candidate in Environmental Research, University of Oxford
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Professor of Integrated Land and Water Management and Head of the Centre for Water, Environment and Development, Cranfield University
