Europe's new climate in seven charts

#1

Post by saikatsg » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC

Europe's new climate in seven charts
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Re: Europe's new climate in seven charts

#2

Post by Natfan » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

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#3

Post by inigyou » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

People one or two generations before you felt that about the cold war.

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Post by yde_java » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

Research past heat waves in Europe. Did your grand parents felt the same as you?

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Post by notrealyme123 » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #3

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

People one or two generations before you felt that about the cold war.

I think thats the wrong level of abstraction. The cold war ended, but clima change will not end.

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Post by Yokolos » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC

yde_java wrote: post #4

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

Research past heat waves in Europe. Did your grand parents felt the same as you?

Why don't you research past heat waves? We're literally setting new heat records nearly every year. This year the heat record in Germany went from 39 degrees to 42. We're even setting night time heat records because of how bad it is. I don't understand the impulse to ignore what we're experiencing right now. What do you gain by sticking your head in the sand?

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Post by freetonik » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #3

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

People one or two generations before you felt that about the cold war.

Well, they had a point, and we've got pretty close to that outcome. It didn't happen, thus today we're able to discuss the fact that it didn't happen.

Re: Europe's new climate in seven charts

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Post by freetonik » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

yde_java wrote: post #4

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

Research past heat waves in Europe. Did your grand parents felt the same as you?

Why does it matter how humans _felt_?

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#9

Post by xienze » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

Serious question, are you doing a simple extrapolation and assuming in 10 years Europe is going to have 60C heatwaves or something?

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Post by IneffablePigeon » Sun, Jul 05, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #3

Natfan wrote: post #2

to me, these heatwaves feel like the start of the end of human existence

People one or two generations before you felt that about the cold war.

The conditions leading to the Cold War were reversible, this crisis is becoming very much less so. Despite what the carbon capture techno optimists say.