Extreme Heatwaves Across Europe Raise Alarm Over Human Limits and Future Adaptation

Europe is facing increasingly severe heatwaves, raising fresh questions among scientists about how far human adaptation can go in a rapidly warming climate. Late June brought record temperatures across France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany, with Germany’s national weather service reporting an unprecedented stretch of intense early-summer heat. At the same time, large parts of the central and eastern United States are also under heat warnings, with temperatures expected to exceed 37....