Climate Change Fueling Europeβs Ferocious Heat Wave, Scientists Find NYT - Energy & Environment By: Raymond Zhong 26 June 2026 at 05:01 A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would βnot have been possibleβ without global warming. Β© Christophe Archambault/Agence France-Presse β Getty ImagesA shady passageway on Tuesday in Bordeaux, France, where temperatures reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit, or roughly 42 Celsius.