Scientists link Europe heat wave to man-made global warming

Fri, Aug 2nd 2019, 09:43 AM

The heat wave that smashed temperature records in Western Europe last month was made more likely and intensified by man-made climate change, according to a study published Friday.

The rapid study by a respected team of European scientists should be a warning of things to come, the report’s lead author said.

“What will be the impacts on agriculture? What will the impacts on water?” said Robert Vautard of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in France. “This will put really tension in society that we may not be so well equipped to cope with.”

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