Europe’s scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves
Successive summer heatwaves have visibly altered western Europe’s landscape, with satellite images showing drier rivers, retreating Alpine glaciers, wildfire scars and farmland turning brown. The changes matter because they illustrate the immediate disruption caused by extreme heat—from transport and energy problems to ecological damage—and are consistent with a warming climate making heatwaves more frequent and…
- Heatwaves have visibly transformed western European landscapes.
- Low rivers disrupted transport, cooling and power generation.
- Record French wildfires and glacier melt underline extreme heat’s effects.