Il fait trop chaud. The Paris Olympics officially opened on July 26, just in time for athletes to compete in a hellish heat wave.
Last week, Olympians in the French capital faced daytime temperatures reaching 35° Celsius (95° Fahrenheit), and in southern France temperatures climbed up to 40° C (104° F). Other countries in the Mediterranean region also felt the heat wave. In Spain, the city of Barcelona recorded its highest-ever temperature — 40° C — on July 31. And in Italy, the sweltering weather helped fuel a wildfire in the Monte Mario natural reserve in Rome.
This extreme heat would not have happened without climate change,
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