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Staying cool in Europe’s record-breaking heat

Science Weekly

The Guardian

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4.2938 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Europe is suffering from another heatwave as deadly temperatures of up to 44C hit the continent and wildfires blazed across the Mediterranean. To find out why Europe is heating faster than anywhere else, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent, Ajit Niranjan, and to Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, to find out how we can try to stay cool as the temperature rises. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

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This week, Europe is suffering from yet another heat wave.

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Mainland Europe are facing temperatures above 40 Celsius.

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I couldn't sleep during the night because it was very warm.

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We can't stay home because it's 28 degrees indoors.

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So we came here to look for a cooler spot.

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The continent is not only frying, it's also burning. Fires have broken out in Turkey, Montenegro, France and Greece. Thousands of firefighters are

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struggling to contain wildfires in northern Portugal. Spain may have it the worst, with fire crews overwhelmed and residents terrified.

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Those living on the front line are facing a terrifying new normal in places that were once envied

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for their climate. If you took a city break in Madrid, you would have had to choke on the smoke of

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a wildfire that just raged on the

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