Recent summer temperatures in Europe are likely the warmest of the last 2 millennia
Friday, January 29, 2016 - 10:38
in Earth & Climate
Most of Europe has experienced strong summer warming over the course of the past several decades, accompanied by severe heat waves in 2003, 2010 and 2015. New research now puts the current warmth in a 2,100-year historical context using tree-ring information and historical documentary evidence to derive a new European summer temperature reconstruction.