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Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves

✇NYT > Top Stories
di: Raymond Zhong
The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.

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A tourist at the parched bed of Lac des Brenets on the France-Switzerland border on Tuesday.
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Why Europe Keeps Being Pummeled by Heat Waves

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Raymond Zhong
The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.

© Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A tourist at the parched bed of Lac des Brenets on the France-Switzerland border on Tuesday.
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As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Amelia Nierenberg
The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.

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Commuters at a train station in Bordeaux, France, during a heat wave in July. Much of Europe’s infrastructure was not built to withstand scorching summer heat.
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How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland

✇NYT > World > Europe
di: Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
A U.S. oil company says it could be on the verge of a major discovery in Greenland. The proposal comes at a tricky time for the Arctic island, and locals are lining up against it.

© Esther Horvath for The New York Times

Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement in eastern Greenland. The remote area has been targeted by a U.S.-British joint venture for potential oil exploration.
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