Europe endured a historic heatwave across Nordic countries, shrinking glaciers and record sea temperatures in 2025 as the fast-warming continent faces more frequent climate extremes, a new report showed Wednesday.Â
"The climate indicators ... are quite worrying," Mauro Facchini, a European Commission official, told journalists.
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