https://www.newscientist.com/article/2175358-climate-change-made-europes-heatwave-twice-as-likely-to-happen/ > Temperatures have soared over much of Europe over the last month, regularly exceeding 30°C and several temperature records have been broken. The conditions have been so extreme that wildfires have broken out in Sweden and the UK. > Heatwaves are one of the most likely consequences of climate change. As the average global temperature rises due to higher levels of greenhouse gases, more extreme bouts of high temperatures follow.