Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds
www.theguardian.com
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The variability is crazy this year too. North Europe is having 30º C mid days and 12º evenings which is very unusual and obviously not great for people and infrastructure.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I feel sorry for Europeans who aren’t geared for this. Couple of years ago a monster heat dome sat on the Pacific Northwest. Many of my coworkers lived in and around Seattle and were suffering the lack of AC. My brain can’t imagine living without.

      • Bravo@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        If the year’s coldest temp was 1°C colder than last year and the year’s highest temp was 2°C hotter than last year, then even though the cold was colder, the overall temperature is still going up. The average and the extremes are very different things.

        • Brainsploosh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I agree.

          But I’m not the one needing to be convinced, the snow argument was touted by Trump himself as well as echoed in other conservative spaces.