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Britain isn’t built to withstand 40°C – here is where infrastructure is most likely to fail

… UK infrastructure has typically been designed to retain heat during the winter, but it must become effective at keeping the heat out in the summer. As things stand,  roughly 20%  of … which means it can absorb and transfer a lot of heat faster than other construction materials, and reach up …
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The UK’s water industry is broken – here’s how to fix it

… Prolonged  periods  of intense heat affected large parts of the UK and Europe this summer. … of water. CC-BY-ND 4.0 … Prolonged  periods  of intense heat affected large parts of the UK and Europe this summer. …

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