Extreme heat has killed before in Europe, and in 2003 scarred the whole of France with the deaths of more than 14,000 mostly elderly people. “Canicule” itself, derived from the Latin word for ...

An image of Europe between July 1 and August 31, 2022 made by compiling photographs taken by a Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. It shows how drought has affected large areas of the landscape.

In no-nonsense Germany, home of Audi and Volkswagen, the duo forms an engine, a series of controlled explosions used to drive Europe forward. Whichever image one prefers, the current state of the ...