Lost sleep. Low motivation. Feeling irritated. If you had to work indoors or be at home with small children during the record-breaking May heatwave, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Homes in northern Europe, where the heatwave struck, are built to keep the heat in, not let it out. So many houses or apartments became ovens during the high temperatures, which exceeded 30C in some places - more than 10C above the average for May.