Do heatwaves pose a threat to local fauna and flora?
Yes, irrepairable damage in fact. And it's already done near where I live, in the eastern part of the Netherlands
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#32Do heatwaves pose a threat to local fauna and flora?
Yes, they can be devistating to agriculture as well. Animals are just as susceptible to heat stroke and dehydration.
Plants are of course similarly susceptible to extreme temperatures. There are tactics farmers can apply such as coating their crops but there are limits.
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#33Meanwhile here in Texas, that level of heat is business as usual. I get that most places in the EU don't have aircon, as they rarely need it, barring southern EU, which I have spent considerable amounts of time in. I far prefer the misty moors of England over anything with tons of sun. Having grown up in Europe, I do prefer their weather when it's normal for them. If only I could convince my wife to move somewhere wi…
A major difference is most Texans make use of air conditioning. Paris largely does not.
And I mentioned same in my statement above. The entire lower half of the US would be largely unlivable without aircon. Even Alaska get 90+ in the summer, albeit for short bursts.
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#34No mention of climate change in the article.
I was talking about climate change with a co-worker on Monday. He still doesn't "believe" in it. "Nobody can know if it's happening" and "earth went through countless high and low temperature passes over the years. It's nothing special" It was a great example of today's reality we live in. It's truly an age of misinformation.
>He still doesn't "believe" in it.
Here's a clue:
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#35Pro tip for people who do not have airconditioning in their houses:
1. Go to universities
2. Go to co-working spaces
Go to any place to flee the heat.
I'm at my university right now, and I'm not even noticing it's as hot as it is since the airconditioning is doing an amazing job here.
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#36Every day two or three articles like this one reach the front page. I guess they are upvoted by people who want to feel good about themselves. "There are some people out there who don't believe in climate change. Let's upvote this to show how enlightened I am". Because, otherwise, what's the point on having these "summer is hotter than it used to be" articles all day up?
I dunno. Maybe we could start trying to do something about it? If you hate these "damn it's even hotter now" messages maybe you could take steps to fix the underlying issue?
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#37Every day two or three articles like this one reach the front page. I guess they are upvoted by people who want to feel good about themselves. "There are some people out there who don't believe in climate change. Let's upvote this to show how enlightened I am". Because, otherwise, what's the point on having these "summer is hotter than it used to be" articles all day up?
Eh, I’m not a huge fan of no-op virtue signaling myself, but this site has an influential readership (I imagine the odd billionaire or two drops by once in awhile even) so until the consensus becomes “we’re doing everything we can about this” it probably isn’t the worst thing for it to stay top of mind with this audience.
YMMV.
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#38No mention of climate change in the article.
The former accuweather CEO was appointed to head the National Weather Service by Donald Trump.
This man had in the past lobbied to forbid the NWS from releasing weather data directly to the public, and gotten Rick Santorum (his home state senator) to propose a bill to that effect.
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#39Climate change isn’t disputed by logic. It’s being disputed by the commercial entities that are protecting their $billion/$trillion industries who, otherwise, would have to face big losses. We all know the industries that are negatively impacting the environment. Their selfish stakeholders have managed to successfully create a reality distortion field of denial. This article, with lack of mentioning global warming, i…
It's disputed by the argument to consequences.
"If climate change were happening, we would feel morally compelled to control our CO2 emissions; we don't want to control our CO2 emissions, therefore, climate change must not be happening."
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#40We're seeing record shattering temperatures in different parts of the world a lot this yet - yet the article doesn't even mention climate change. As long as we keep shoveling meat into our faces 5x per day and the population keeps expanding at break-neck rate, we have massive heatwaves and endless storms to look forward to. And then that road will come to an end, and it won't be pretty.
I guess editorializing on the causes of weather trends is not within the scope of AccuWeather?
Fair, but the mere mention of the phrase "climate change" is better than pretending it's some anomaly and we have no idea why.
I know, I know - I don't want to soapbox here. But we're spiraling towards disaster in our lifetimes and I can't help but think that hundreds of millions are blissfully unaware.