Britain’s expected record temperature was broken Tuesday as thermometers pushed 40.2°C (104.4°F) as authorities expect the record to be pushed further.

Meanwhile France’s wine-making Gironde region battles its worst wildfires in over 30 years that have already torn across 19,300 hectares since July 12 forcing 34,000 people to be evacuated as over 2,000 firefighters tackled the infernos.

▪️Spain: over 30 wildfires still burning, 6,000+ evacuated, 70,000+ hectares burned (twice average of last decade), two people dead ▪️Portugal: 1,000 firefighters battling five main wildfires, 50 municipalities affected ▪️Greece: 73 wildfires tackled in 24 hours alone on Monday, “very high” risk remains across country

  • tisamantis@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    I’m pretty dumb, and I’ve only skimmed the IPCC report summary, but isn’t the current decade supposed to be critical for resolving climate change?

    If I recall, there was also an article recently that stated the observed warming aligns with predictions, but some consequences of warming are observed earlier than expected? Future looks bleak, idk.