Europe warms more than any other continent in last 3 decades

FILE PHOTO: People stand in Green Park during warm weather in London, Britain, August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe has warmed more than twice as much as the rest of the world over the past three decades and experienced the greatest temperature increase of any continent, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.

The report on the state of the climate in Europe follows a summer of extremes. A record-breaking heatwave scorched Britain, Alpine glaciers vanished at an unprecedented rate, and a long-lasting marine heatwave cooked the waters of the Mediterranean.