LONDON — Man-made climate change probably made last month’s European heatwave, in which southern France experienced a national record 45.9 degrees Celsius (114.6 Fahrenheit), 4C (7F) hotter than it would otherwise have been, scientists said on Tuesday. “The observations show … similarly frequent heat waves would have likely been about 4C cooler a century ago,” said the report by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists. It also said that climate change had made the record-breaking heatwave at least five times more likely. The World Weather Attribution group used computer models over three days from June 26-28 to calculate the temperatures they would otherwise have expected. It said the European heatwave was “absolutely consistent” with extremes linked to the impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 13:30 UTC