FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks with Vladimir Tkachuk, front, the head of the Uraldronzavod, during his visit to the Special Technology Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Vladimir Tkachuk, the head of the Uraldronzavod, during his visit to the Special Technology Centre in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chair Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, talks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., right, before the start a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,File)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people laying in the sun on the green grass on Primrose Hill in London, on July 29, 2024 (top) and people walking on a path between swathes of grass, turned yellow-brown due to a lack of rain, on Primrose Hill in London, on August 7, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people enjoying the hot weather as they walk up Primrose Hill on July 29, 2024 (top) and people walking up a dried out path in the grass, turned yellow-brown due to a lack of rain, backdropped by the skyline of central London, on Primrose Hill in London, on August 7, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people sitting in deck chairs in Green Park in London on August 13, 2025 (top), and deck chairs stored on sun-scorched grass, turned yellow-brown due to a lack of rain, in Green Park in London, on August 7, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people walking through Greenwich Park during sunny weather in London, on August 25, 2024 (top) and people walking on a path between the sun scorched grass, turned yellow-brown by a lack of rain, in Greenwich Park, near the Old Royal Naval College in south-east London on August 7, 2026, backdropped by the skyscrapers of the Canary Wharf financial district in the distance. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 07, 2026 shows people playing in the sunshine in Victoria Tower Gardens near the Houses of Parliament, in central London, on July 30, 2024 (top), and people walk on sun scorched grass at Victoria Tower Gardens, backdropped by the Houses Of Parliament in Central London on August 3, 2026. In the southern part of England, July 2026 was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said. "July 2026 has been a truly remarkable month in the UK's climate record," said Met Office science manager Amy Doherty. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS and Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)