Europe Hit by Storms and Wildfires After Heatwave – Is Climate Change Also to Blame?

Europe has been experiencing dozens of extreme weather events in recent weeks, from blistering heatwaves to raging storms.

Many of these rapidly fluctuating phenomena have already been attributed in part to human-induced climate change.

And they are only expected to increase in frequency and intensity due to global warming, scientists say, bringing further substantial damage and loss.

Experts warn that Europe should brace for another summer of weather whiplash as it oscillates between droughts and floods.

“These events are unfortunate reminders of the changing and volatile climate that Europe needs to adapt and prepare for, while taking action to drastically reduce carbon emissions in order to slow down and limit climate change,” the European Environment Agency says.