Climate change is becoming increasingly evident in Europe – 2023 was a particularly extreme year, according to a new report from the EU's Copernicus climate change service. The consequences for people and nature are very different. At least one thing gives researchers hope. The largest forest fire on record. One of the wettest years ever. At the same time, severe heat waves. Devastating floods. The hottest year on record. Europe will remember 2023 as a year of extremes. It was extraordinary. This is highlighted in a new report from the EU's Copernicus climate change service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), published in mid-April 2024. (Saskia Heinze, more at rnd.de)