The World Health Organisation called the event a health emergency as a Saharan high-pressure system parked across Western Europe for the sixth day.
Category: Health & Science
Germany Records Hottest June Day in History as Eastern Europe Heatwave Intensifies
Germany added its name to the list of countries breaking all-time June temperature records as the heat dome spread further east into Austria and Poland.
France Records Hottest Day Ever for Second Consecutive Day With Pissos Reaching 44.3 Celsius
The southwestern commune recorded the highest temperature in French meteorological history for the second time in 48 hours during the record heatwave.
Strong Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Mount Fuji No Tsunami Warning Issued
A seismic event in the Fuji Five Lakes area in Yamanashi Prefecture injured six people and prompted Japanese authorities to monitor the volcano’s status.
Study Finds Fructose Does Not Suppress Hunger Like Glucose Due to Different Brain Cell Responses
A new study in mice found that glucose strongly reduced activity in hunger-promoting brain cells while fructose had a much weaker effect on satiety signals.
Scientists Discover Ballista Spider That Builds Spring-Powered Silk Trap to Launch Ants to Their Deaths
A newly discovered spider species uses a spring-loaded silk mechanism that triggers when ants step on it launching the prey into its trap.
Great White Shark Captured Off Spain Provides Evidence of Surviving Mediterranean Ghost Population
A juvenile great white caught in Spanish waters confirmed that the long-feared extinct Mediterranean great white shark population still exists.
Earth May Have Been Seeding Venus With Microbial Life for Billions of Years Via Asteroid Impacts
Researchers modelled how rock-launching asteroid impacts on Earth could propel microbes into space with some potentially surviving transit to Venus’s clouds.
European Heatwave Kills Estimated 50 People in France Mostly by Drowning as Citizens Seek Relief
French authorities reported 48 drowning deaths and two children killed in overheated cars as the worst June heatwave in European history intensified.
UK Sets New June Temperature Record for Third Consecutive Day as Heatwave Continues
A provisional reading of 36.9 degrees Celsius at Wattisham in Suffolk broke the previous UK June record set just 24 hours earlier.