A severe heatwave is ongoing in Europe. Temperature records broken in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain.

On 11 July 2023, the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in some areas of Extremadura (Spain) exceeded 60°C, as highlighted in this data visualisation derived from measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) instrument. The ongoing heatwave in Spain this week is resulting in a total of 13 autonomous communities, being at extreme risk (red alert), significant risk (orange alert), and risk (yellow alert) due to maximum temperatures that, in some cases, will exceed 40°C and reach a maximum of 43°C.

For reference, “in areas where vegetation is dense, the land surface temperature never rises above 35°C. The hottest land surface temperatures on Earth are in plant-free desert landscapes.”

  • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    71 year ago

    Of course there are solutions. Everyone knows solutions exist. We could, for example, work to stop global warming.

    It’s having affordable solutions that don’t have massive side effects and that people are willing to do that’s the problem.

    • Bernie Ecclestoned
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      41 year ago

      Lots of organisations are already working to stop climate change

      My problem is with the moaners who do nothing but use fossil fuels and plastics to moan about fossil fuels and plastics.

      • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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        41 year ago

        My problem is with the moaners who do nothing but use fossil fuels and plastics to moan about fossil fuels and plastics.

        What do you expect? Most people are individually powerless to affect the sort of change that would actually be helpful. By “moaning” they at least make their discontent known to those who could affect change.

        • Bernie Ecclestoned
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          11 year ago

          I disagree, you don’t have to fix the world, just the bit you live in. There’s plenty of community projects to install solar and insulation that people could get involved with instead.