Tag: Rhine river temperature

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:21 UTC

  Europe melting: river water suffocates fish and is too hot to cool nuclear power stations

  

  The heat wave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now, freshwater fish could be its next victims. Some regions in Germany sweltered as the mercury hit 39C, and the German Meteorological Office said the country’s all-time record of 40.3C could be topped this week.