Barcelona, June 30, 2026 (AFP) - Northwest Mediterranean marine heatwave hit record intensity Monday: institute

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A marine heatwave affecting the northwestern Mediterranean broke a record intensity measurement on Monday after a week that saw temperature records tumble in Europe, a Spanish climate institute said. The area was on average 5.2C hotter than the historical record going back to 1982, Justino Martinez, a researcher at the Barcelona-based Institute of Marine Sciences, told AFP on Tuesday. "The heatwave... is higher than any other average that we've h......

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