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SamuelTheThird

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8. 'de-catastrophizing the horrors pushed on television'?
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 06:43 PM
Wednesday

Climate scientists believe climate change IS catastrophic. Where've you been?

The heat is directly related to climate change.

MARTIN: So what's causing such frequent heat emergencies across Europe?

FRANCIS: Yeah. So it's an interesting situation over there. You really have to look at the oceans to understand why it's warming so fast in Europe. If you look at the water surrounding Western Europe right now, and that includes the Mediterranean, the eastern Atlantic off of Spain and France and even in the Arctic up near Svalbard and Scandinavia, you'll see that the ocean temperatures are way above normal. So that's kind of the most local effect. That very warm water there is sort of priming the system for having heat waves during the summertime. And just overall warming in the globe is also shifting temperature ranges everywhere to warmer. And that just increases the likelihood of also seeing extreme warm temperatures.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5867702/how-climate-change-is-influencing-europes-record-breaking-heat-wave

Oceans will keep heating up, which will worsen land temps. Why do you want to ignore this?






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