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Scientists have long cautioned that extreme heat could disrupt sporting events. Last month, [climate experts warned
sport". Just weeks ago, [a group of world-leading scientists](/sport/football/articles/cy928q8engzo) warned Fifa that its current heat safety measures for the World Cup were "inadequate" and could put players at risk of serious harm. Fifa
scientists have warned Fifa its current heat safety measures for the men's 2026 World Cup are "inadequate" and could put players at risk of serious harm.** In an [open letter, external](https://www.newweather.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Open-Letter-to-FIFA-on-Heat-Stress-Player-Welfare-Fossil-Fuel-Conflicts-of-Interest.pdf),
warning that one in four World Cup games could be played in very hot conditions because global warming has increased the extreme heat risk since the US last hosted the tournament in 1994. Overheating concerns
extreme heat? Meteorological summer has begun, ushered in with scorching heat that struck before spring was up. Although western Europe is nowmostly free from last week’s [heat dome](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/extreme-heat-in-europe-a-brutal-reminder-of-climate-crisis-un-chief-says) – which shattered temperature
scientist at Queen's University Belfast, who co-authored a [study last year](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11947059/) about heat risk at the 2026 World Cup. "They can also overheat and collapse," Mullan warns. "This has happened
Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution](https://www.npr.org/2025/09/11/nx-s1-5534484/oil-companies-heat-waves-climate) Records also fell in France, where temperatures reached 97 on Monday in the country's southwest and widely remained above
scientists concluded that "[14 out of the 16 host locations exceeded WBGT's of 28C (82F) in a summer afternoon, external](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-025-02852-4#Sec2)." There are six host cities (Miami, Houston, Dallas, Monterrey, Kansas City
scientists often warn British audiences that they have already lived through the coolest years of their lives. It is a sobering thought: a nation of grandchildren that will probably not recognise the seasons of their