A deadly heat wave has been baking much of Europe ― France experiencing its highest temperature on record last week, a blistering 45.9 degrees Celsius (or nearly 115 degrees Fahrenheit). Now, Alaska is enduring what for it is an ongoing heat wave. And scientists warn this is just a taste of what the climate crisis has in store for the Earth. He said he expects high temperatures across the state to surge as much as 20 degrees Fahrenheit ― roughly 11 degrees Celsius ― above normal for this time of year. Online records dating back to the 1950s show the all-time high temperature for Anchorage, the state’s major city, was 85 degrees Fahrenheit (about 29 degrees Celsius.)

Source: Huffington Post July 04, 2019 10:18 UTC