Europe has just experienced its hottest summer for 500 years, according to new research from the University of Berne, published today.
The average temperature during the heatwave which gripped Europe this summer and claimed the lives of several thousands of people was roughly two degrees centigrade higher than the average temperature over the past 95 years.
The scientists at Berne University have extrapolated the average European temperature for the past 500 years based on chemi...
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