Europe's heatwaves
Zero degrees at over 5,000 meters in the Alps
A new heat record has been broken in the Alps, according to the weather service Météo Alpes. On Saturday, the limit for when the temperature in the air reaches zero degrees was at an altitude of 5,136 meters, according to a weather balloon measurement in Payerne, Switzerland.
Météo Alpes writes that this is the first time since the measurements began that zero degrees have been measured at an altitude of over 5,000 meters during the month of June.
That is higher than the peak of Mont Blanc, the highest point in Western Europe. There, an unusual 1.4 degrees Celsius was measured yesterday at an altitude of 4,750 meters, writes TT.
Swedes about the extreme heat: "Unbearable" - "a slap in the face"
Like a wall of heat. This is how Linköping resident Frida Allert describes the heat that has swept over Mallorca, where she is on vacation with her daughter when Corren reaches her.
- Now at lunchtime it is unbearable, she says.
Aftonbladet has spoken to Hasse Söderström from Uppsala who is in Seville, in the area where it is the hottest. He says that the thermometer at his home on Saturday showed 47 degrees – in the shade.
– As soon as you go outside, it is like a slap in the face from the heat. We have had to swim several times today to cool down, he says.
Eva Johansson from Blekinge is on holiday in Pilar de la Horadada south of Alicante.
– It is so hot outside that it stings your skin, she tells SvD.
Like a wall of heat. This is how Linköping resident Frida Allert describes the heat that has swept over Mallorca, where she is on vacation with her daughter when Corren reaches her.
- Now at lunchtime it is unbearable, she says.
Aftonbladet has spoken to Hasse Söderström from Uppsala who is in Seville, in the area where it is the hottest. He says that the thermometer at his home on Saturday showed 47 degrees – in the shade.
– As soon as you go outside, it is like a slap in the face from the heat. We have had to swim several times today to cool down, he says.
Eva Johansson from Blekinge is on holiday in Pilar de la Horadada south of Alicante.
– It is so hot outside that it stings your skin, she tells SvD.
Gradual Climate Change: "A Frog in Boiling Water"
There is a belief that a frog will not jump out of water that is slowly heated to boiling point. Experiments have rejected that theory, but researchers use it as a metaphor for how humans behave in the same way in the face of climate change.
- Extreme heat events have been sneaking up on us for the past 25 years. Just like the frog in boiling water, we have not noticed how much more common it has become, says Eugene Mohareb, a researcher at the University of Reading, to the BBC.
In its latest forecast, the UK's Met Office points to a significantly increased probability of a hotter than normal summer.
There is currently a heat wave in large parts of Europe and several heat warnings have been issued.
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