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The European heatwave of 2003: was it merely a rare meteorological event or a first glimpse of climate change to come? Probably both, is the answer, and the anthropogenic contribution can be quantified.

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  1. Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH, Winterthurerstr. 190, Zürich, 8057, Switzerland

    Christoph Schär

  2. German Weather Service, Human Biometeorology, Stefan-Meier-Str. 4, Freiburg, D-79104, Germany

    Gerd Jendritzky

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Schär, C., Jendritzky, G. Hot news from summer 2003. Nature 432, 559–560 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432559a

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