Europe is seeing average temperatures rise faster than the other continents, which is fuelling more heatwaves as well as increasing the risk of drought, fires and storms, says a leading German climate researcher.
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Updated: Tue 25 Aug 2026 11:54 CET
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Seedlings sprout out of the dried-up river bed of the Rhine in Dusseldorf, following exceptionally hot weather. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
Europe is seeing average temperatures rise faster than the other continents, which is fuelling more heatwaves as well as increasing the risk of drought, fires and storms, says a leading German climate researcher.
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