NYTIMES (Amelia Nierenberg) - As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope
The continent’s railways and roads “were engineered for a climate that no longer exists,” one expert said.
AI:Europe's transportation infrastructure is buckling under extreme thermal stress as the continent faces intensifying heatwaves. Railways and road networks, designed for a historical climate that has effectively vanished, are struggling to maintain structural integrity and operational safety. This systemic failure highlights a widening gap between legacy engineering standards and the increasingly volatile meteorological realities facing Europe.Open