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A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.

Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.

A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain's national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.

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[-] Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

Watch them get to 50C in a few years

[-] Goldholz 1 points 6 hours ago

Dont be so modest. 60°C

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Such an excellent photo, too

[-] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago

You’re going trigger boomers with that map. I love it.

[-] chrizzly@feddit.org 6 points 11 hours ago

I have to ask, why is that?

[-] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 hours ago

Boomers/conspiracy theorists think that the news organisations are using darker red to scare people into falling for climate change.

[-] chrizzly@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago

Oh wow, havent heard of that one, thanks for the clarification!

[-] toppy@lemy.lol 7 points 11 hours ago

Maybe because of global warming.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago

Have they considered spending 5% of their GDP on weapons? That will surely save humanity.

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 8 points 23 hours ago

There are steps needed to slow global warming and become carbon neutral. Those don't matter much if someone shows up and machine guns your town and loots it.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 6 points 23 hours ago

Honestly if they spend that on weapons and then use it lower the population it could help.

Shoot maybe Thanos was right...

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 11 hours ago

It's an endless loop if you think about it

[-] helios@social.ggbox.fr 89 points 1 day ago

While it is hard to link individual extreme weather events to climate change, heatwaves are becoming more common and more intense due to climate change.

Not that hard after all.

[-] oce@jlai.lu 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

From a scientific point of view this is correct, the climate system is too complex to say this particular event is due to climate change. Exceptional events happened in the past too. So you can only draw conclusions from larger statistics. What's solid science is the increasing averages, increasing frequencies of extreme events etc. If it was scientifically informed, that's what this kind of sentence mean.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Scientists do actually make attempts to investigate the contribution of the trends to specific events, it's called extreme event attribution, but it is a very young field and the error bars on everything are still huge. That said,

The American Meteorological Society stated in 2016 that "the science has now advanced to the point that we can detect the effects of climate change on some events with high confidence". [12]

But the quote from the article was strictly correct in saying "it's hard".

[-] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 3 points 23 hours ago

It started out hotter than it would be and the heatwave is at least a few degrees more severe than it would be otherwise.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

“It’s hard to link changes in climate to climate change”

Is the author stupid?

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

No, individual extreme events are not "changes in climate". It's easy to say that the rise in heatwaves is caused by climate change but it's much harder to prove that this specific individual heatwave would never have happened were it not for climate change.

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[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

That sentence perfectly states the difficulty though. The trend: easy to link. One individual event: not that easy.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

We cant link this unusual weather to Climate change.. but its unusual weather thats never been seen before at this frequency or ferocity. Its a mystery~!

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

man if only there was a way to link the changing climate to climate change

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[-] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

That's 115° in human units. Absolutely bonkers.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 21 hours ago

We have to put up with US-defaultism even in world@lemmy.world

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 13 points 21 hours ago

Would it kill you to not jokingly deny the humanity of every person outside the United States, Liberia, and the Cayman Islands? Just say Fahrenheit. Jeez, yank.

[-] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

Across the Mediterranean to the south and east it is even hotter. Wearing shorts and putting on sunblock isn't the best way to deal with the heat, you need to shield yourself and make use of the chimney effect.

The Bedouin lesson: A scientific study proves robes are the best garment to wear in the desert heat

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

A Bedouin outfit might not fit socially, but a loose summer dress might work just as well.

So as a counter to the "pants for women" movement, let's start a "summer dresses for everyone" movement.

[-] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Just sell it as a modern take on (manliest of manly) Roman and Greek tunics. Alpha bros will be drooling for it in no time. That, however, will ruin the purpose by making the dress unwearable again so nah.

Shame I'm a fat old guy now. A few decades back I looked great in a Laura Ashley summer dress.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Don't be silly, I bet your tits are absolutely banging now and would work great in a low cut sundress.

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[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

I had to convert from Common to Freedom for this one. Are y'all ok over there? I'm used to that kind of heat here in the desert but goodness I couldn't imagine 115f near the coast y'all must be dying 😬

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The south of spain usually has dry air, it's at 12% right now.

But even in germany it's okay because it hasn't really rained that much this year (yay climate change), so it's hot but bearable. It's 31°C with "only" 45% right now.

We will get 37°C the next days, so I might change my stance.

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[-] jawa22 11 points 1 day ago

Most places in Europe have hit normal summer temperatures where I am (about 35). This is ridiculous, though. It is hotter in Spain right now than it is in Phoenix.

Let that sink in. It is hotter in Barcelona than it is in Death Valley right now.

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[-] Jumi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The Mediterranean is 4-6°C warmer than usually at this time of year

[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

46 degrees is just a fine chilly day!

::laughs in Fahrenheit::

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

::Laughs at fahrenheit::

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 19 points 1 day ago

The last years saw up to 50°C in Northern Africa already. This will be the fate of Southern Europe, as the peak temperatures in the center and North of Europe will go to 45°C.

As the mean temperature rises roughly linear, so do the peak temperatures, but at a much faster rate. So 1,5-2°C increase in mean temperature often correspond to 5-7°C increase in peak temperatures.

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