This heatwave has brought with it the hottest temperatures of any May day since records began. Amber health alerts have been sent out across much of England due to the heat. This isn’t an anomaly; research shows that climate change has made 40-degree heat, as we had in July of 2022, at least 20 times more likely to occur in the UK than it would have been in the 1960s. Rising temperatures in the UK mean heatwaves will only become more frequent, hotter, and more dangerous.