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Europe braces for prolonged heatwave as temperatures approach 40C (www.reuters.com)

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A severe heatwave gripped much of Europe on Sunday, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting nationwide warnings, transport disruption and signs of strain on wildlife and at tourist hotspots.

The heat surge ‌on June 21, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and typically the start of the three hottest months of the year, raised concerns of an early and persistent onset of extreme conditions.

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[-] thepig@lemmy.zip 70 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 55 points 4 weeks ago

The secret is that the temperature underground is much cooler than surface temperatures. To take advantage of this, you dig a hole about 6 feet down, lie down flat, then pull the dirt back over yourself and fill the hole or have someone else do it for you.

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

This guys gets it!

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 weeks ago

There's this sort of little known concept known as "climate change", it was known as "global warming" a long time ago. The idea is that as we releaae greenhouse gases like CO2 into the atmosphere, more of the sun's energy gets trapped inside the atmosphere making it warmer.

As it gets warmer, stuff like this is expected to become more common. We haven't known about this for very long, and so our greenhouse gas emissions continue to speed up day by day, but if we can spread the word about this new and very important phonomenon, we might be able to avoid the worst of it in the long run.

Or maybe it will all just go away and get better one day if we just do nothing and wait and see. I don't think we know enough about this "climate change" thing yet to really make any drastic changes. I mean what if we're wrong?

[-] meejle@piefed.world 36 points 4 weeks ago

I bet building a ton of data centres is the answer ✨

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 weeks ago

🤷‍♂️ can't hurt....

[-] Tujio@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Good thing climate change is a liberal hoax. Otherwise I'd be worried, right?

[-] TBi@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

Hey if that was real scientists would have warned us about it years ago. But not your woke mind virus scientists. Real ones!

[-] doben@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

There‘s even cultish alarmists that call it „climate catastrophe“ by now. Weirdos.

And then there‘s even people saying it‘s all because we do economics wrong, or something. Lol!

[-] Flower@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

it will all just go away and get better one day

Something like AMOC stopping would do the trick. Or it might overshoot and then we have a really cold winter too.

[-] SharkWeek 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, my house was built for extreme heat in the traditional Spanish way - it has every trick available to stay cool without needing electricity.

During heatwaves these days, however, it gets heatsoaked and becomes too hot inside. So, we've gotta put in a heat exchanger :-/

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

What are all these tricks?

[-] SharkWeek 13 points 3 weeks ago

Sooo ...

A light coloured Roman tile outer roof, supported by vented bricks that allow airflow, above a vented attic space, above a concrete ceiling also lined with vented bricks (essentially a second roof).

Then it has external shutters, shades (again with a top of Roman tiles) that stick out enough that sunlight doesn't hit the windows directly through the hottest part of the day.

The walls are thick, double-skinned with an air-gap, and painted white on the outside.

Inside, all foors are tiled over concrete so they act as a heatsink, too. Plus it's built partly into the mountain side.

Since moving in we've added some ceiling insulation, double glazing, and redone the chimney so that it's well sealed and doesn't allow warm air in. Next up is heat exchangers, probably one on each end of the house.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Being buried underground helps. Like unironically, as heat and cold waves continue to get worse, we may see people shifting towards underground homes. They’re already fairly common in parts of America (mostly in tornado alley where being buried helps protect against having the entire house being ripped off the foundation and thrown across town) and they are extremely energy efficient.

Your walls basically use geothermal to transfer heat directly into the earth. Like how being buried in sand at the beach will keep you nice and cool even when the beach is hot. Especially if you’re buried below the frost line, which makes winters easy too. So it’s not like it’s a new building technique that would need to be invented. It’s just that we’ll probably see more of it in places that didn’t traditionally have them.

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

That’s really smart. You could have just a garage above your house.

[-] kinther@lemmy.world 32 points 4 weeks ago

It will only get worse as time goes on. The heat we are seeing now has a lag time on the order of decades. So give it another 20 years and it will only get hotter.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago

For a while, and then it'll get really cold when AMOC collapses.

[-] hcf@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

From what I've read, not exactly.

AMOC collapse would cause weather patterns in Europe to swing wildly between scorching hot to frigid cold, causing crop/local ecosystem collapse.

So first you're going to be really hungry, then--depending upon how long you make it--you'll be bitterly cold or insufferably hot.

🫠

[-] pasdechance@jlai.lu 12 points 4 weeks ago

Managed to keep my indoor temp under 30 today here in Normandy. No AC. Not looking forward to the next few days.

[-] arrow74@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

My german apartment is managing, but these thick walls are getting warmer day by day. I'm afraid it's going to become an oven before long

[-] treehugger6@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

I'm moving to Iceland

[-] geekwithsoul@piefed.social 22 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry, it's "Slushland" now

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Good luck. The glaciers are melting faster than ever, and that's their primary source of fresh water. And nearly all the food, and really all the other goods too, are imported.

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is fine.

(/s obv.)

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