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Even record-setting temperatures can’t melt the continent’s reluctance to install cooling technology.

A break in the middle of the day can give us a chance to rest — as well as reduce our toll on the planet.

Five provinces across central and eastern Canada continued to swelter in unseasonably hot conditions on Sunday, August 7, 2022, Environment Canada said as it extended a widespread heat warning into a second day.

Human−caused climate change made last week’s deadly heat wave in England and Wales at least 10 times more likely and added a few degrees to how brutally hot it got, a study said.

The temperatures in Portland, Oregon, could top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, making it likely the hottest day of a week−long heat wave for the Pacific Northwest region that rarely sees such scorching weather.

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a number of provinces, with temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C over the coming days.

Forecasters predict London will reach a high of 26 Celsius (79 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, down from the record 40.3C (104.4F) set Tuesday at Coningsby in eastern England.

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward on Monday, July 18, 2022, to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water−bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder−dry forests.

France scrambled more water−bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed on Monday, July 18, 2022, by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe.

Portugal’s government on Friday, July 8, 2022, declared an eight−day state of alert due to a heightened risk of wildfires, as the drought−stricken country prepares for a heat wave packing temperatures as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit).

The European Union’s executive warned on Thursday, July 7, 2022, that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change.

Italy was enduring a prolonged heat wave before a massive piece of Alpine glacier broke off and killed hikers on Sunday, July 3, 2022, and experts say climate change will make those hot, destabilizing conditions more common.

Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops. Researchers are now searching for ways to help pollen beat the heat, including developing more heat-tolerant varieties.