Heathrow Airport has provisionally recorded a temperature of 40.2°C, an event that would be extremely unlikely without climate change, and scientists warn that heatwaves will only get worse
that their children’s schools were closed or closing early on Monday and Tuesday, despite the UK government saying there is no public health reason for school closures.at the University of Reading, UK.
“So we can no longer tolerate poor design of our buildings and our cities. And we urgently need to think about things like reducing overheating, shading trees, building for cooling and providing these public cooling spaces.”
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