Belgian zookeepers fed chickens in giant ice cubes to tigers on Wednesday as northern Europe baked in record temperatures during another heatwave ...
BRUSSELS: Belgian zookeepers fed chickens in giant ice cubes to tigers on Wednesday as northern Europe baked in record temperatures during another heatwave that climate experts believe could become the new normal.
In Portugal, the largest fire so far this year, which raged over the weekend, was put out by more than 1,000 firefighters on Tuesday, but the country remained on high alert. The temperature in Paris was set to threaten the local record of 40.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, while Britain's Met Office forecast a record high for July of 38 degrees Celsius would be hit in southeast England."This is the nicest thing that could happen," said Munich resident Manuela Lukas."It is sad the winter is so long and there are not so many beautiful days in Germany either, so you have to take advantage of it and just enjoy it.
Peter Innes, a senior climate research scientist at Britain's University of Reading, said the recent greater frequency of hot summers was in line with expectations from man-made global warming.
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