A persistent heat dome is locking hot air over Western and Central Europe this week, peaking around 23-25 June. By our forecast data Paris reaches 41°C, London spikes to 38°C and Madrid holds near 39°C, while Rome and Athens stay hot but far less extreme. The cause is a blocking jet-stream pattern over a record-warm background — not, as some coverage claims, a lingering El Niño.
California's midday solar generation now exceeds what the grid can absorb. The 'duck curve' has produced 3 TWh of curtailed solar in 2024. Battery storage (13 GW deployed), time-of-use pricing, demand response, and grid interconnection are reshaping how high-solar grids operate.
China's sponge city programme has invested ¥1 trillion since 2015. Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Singapore have parallel adaptations. Permeable pavements, green roofs, water squares, urban wetlands — the architectural response to a precipitation regime that arrives in bursts.
Night trains are back. Bernina Express, Berlin-Stockholm, and the revived Orient Express prove what the carbon maths already showed — European rail emits 10-20× less CO₂ than the equivalent short-haul flight.
Central Europe is enjoying a quintessentially mild spring Saturday. Berlin, Prague, and Vienna are all hovering between 16 and 20°C with calm winds and minimal rain — the kind of unremarkable weather that makes sightseeing perfect.
Europe's unseasonable warmth shows no sign of breaking. Berlin is heading toward 30°C for the second time this week, Athens touches 28°C with light drizzle, and even Paris sits comfortably at 20°C. Alpine passes remain clear — a rare April bonus for road trippers.
A 15°C temperature gap splits Europe today. Berlin is climbing toward 32°C with stifling humidity while Paris sits at a cool 17°C. The same continent, two completely different springs.
Berlin hit 28°C and Munich topped 31°C on April 7, with temperatures running 6-8°C above normal. Thunderstorms, humidity, and early biergarten openings signal that Central Europe may be skipping spring entirely.