Weather – latest: One month of rain could fall in UK in 48 hours; ‘stuck’ jet stream could extend heatwave for weeks; temperatures ‘like hell’ as fires rage in Europe

Three impacts of more frequent heatwaves that you may not have thought about We’ve heard a lot in the last few days about the impacts of climate change – and more frequent heatwaves – on humans and the landscape. This, perhaps, has left little space on the news pages for a discussion about how those we share the Earth with could be affected. Prof Daniela Schmidt, professor of Earth sciences at the University of Bristol, says that while humans can turn on the air con or heatproof cities, “nature has fewer options”. Nature “Species are moving up mountains and towards…