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Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, faced record-breaking temperatures, droughts and wildfires over the summer that caused tens of thousands of excess deaths.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
European Union gas storage was only 74.6% full, which is well below the seasonal average, amid colder temperatures in Northwest Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The results revealed temperatures falling to approximately 2,200 Kelvin, more than 1,000 degrees below the temperature of the visible surface, or photosphere.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
These will be the temperatures in the towns for the first half of Thursday night but rurally they could be lower.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Arctic AC temperatures numbed the tight space, keeping the not-so-fresh furry odors to a minimum.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
