Scientists say Europe's heatwave 'impossible' without climate change

The heatwave in western Europe is the most severe and widespread ever, with almost half of Europe’s largest cities experiencing their worst ever heat stress, a combination of high temperatures and humidity. Unless we stop burning fossil fuels, future heat conditions will become even more extreme.

European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists @wwattribution.bsky.social find - Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring worst ever heat stress - #climatecrisis "is running rampant" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The record-shattering warmth in Europe in recent days is the most severe heatwave ever recorded in the region and is unequivocally the result of climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels, according to World Weather Attribution climate scientists

But still, the right will deny and delay as they wipe the sweat from their eyes. 'In 2003, a heatwave like the current one in Europe would have been 2C cooler due to the lower level of global heating at the time. In 1976, it would have been 3.5C cooler.' #r4today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe being the middle of a sweltering heatwave and European men being mostly uncut I NEED TO BE THERE

The only giant cuttlefish breeding season in the world has completely failed this year! #Climatechange, #oceanwarming, toxins in our waterways. 🧪 www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

What everyone needs to be aware of is that such heatwaves are now locked-in And - given we are still pumping out 41 billion tonnes of CO2 a year - they will get much worse Whatever we do, the planet's temperature will stay elevated for many thousands of years www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"The heatwave scorching western Europe is the most severe and widespread ever and is only possible due to the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning" Either we phase out fossil fuel or the climate will phase us out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The '76 heatwave killed 3000 in the UK and 61,000 across Europe.

Morning, here are your #BadNewsOfTheDay. 1. It's still *way* too hot. "The #heatwave in Europe is the most severe ever and is only possible due to the climate crisis. Almost half of Europe’s 850 largest cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress."

Today's the heatwave peak in the Netherlands, with temps hitting 40°C, and storms increasing the humidity. It will gradually cool over the weekend. I keep thinking about all the wildlife and plants that will have perished. Like newly hatched birds. Diabolical. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As a severe heatwave sweeps across western Europe — with France, Spain & the United Kingdom recording some of their highest temperatures on record — EEA's European Climate Risk Assessment provides a sobering framework for what lies ahead. 🌡️ The current situation is not an anomaly, but is a preview.

Meanwhile two out of three Flemish governing parties (i.e. majority) are on record for saying that tackling the climate crisis is "not a priority". Criminal Negligence. For which more people will die. And everybody else will suffer along. Unless you're a minister with your own villa and pool.

The Telegraph & other #ClimateChange deniers are comparing this heat wave to 1976 & deduct there's nothing to worry about. Below, the temperature chart for the UK 1884-2020. The isolated red bars on the left - that's isolated hot summers. On the right, that's climate change. Source below.

“Climate change is running rampant, caused by the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil & gas. But the solutions are equally clear: a faster shift to clean energy – which is now much cheaper than fossil fuels – as well as protecting forests…” #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...