Reader Q&A: your questions about Europe’s hellish week of heat – live now
Our European environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan answers your questions on the climate after reporting on the shocking heatwave that continues to scorch its way across Europe, covering everything from the lack of preparation to ways to deal with the heatEmperorob17 asks: Would this heatwave have been even more extreme had El Niño already fully developed?Ajit: Not necessarily. El Niño – a natural warming weather pattern in the Pacific associated with violent weather – brings hotter global average temperatures. While this…
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