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Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average

The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history.

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An underappreciated surreality of climate change is the incredible sense of déjà vu: Every heat wave seems to be the new worst; every hurricane season seems to break records.

The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the latest entries in that grim catalog. They are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history — and they could worsen as temperatures spike above 100 degrees later this week.

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