Climate Thread

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The planet has set high temperature records in each of the last nine months, and March is poised to become the 10th. Multiple locations around the world observed unprecedented heat on the month’s final weekend, as if to put an exclamation mark on this exceptional run of warmth.
Human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is fueling this warmth, with an assist from the El Niño climate pattern.

Summerlike heat in Europe​

It felt more like summer than early spring in Eastern Europe over the weekend, with temperatures soaring into the 70s and 80s, about 20 to 35 degrees above normal.


Eight countries set national records for March warmth:

• Albania: 85.3 degrees (29.6 Celsius) in Kuçovë.
• Belarus: 81 degrees (27.2 C) in Lelchitsy.
• Croatia: 84.2 degrees (29 C) in Osijek.
• Estonia: 70.3 degrees (21.3 C) in Valga.
• Latvia: 73 degrees (22.8 C) in Skulte.
• Lithuania: 77.9 degrees (25.5 C) in Druskininkai.
• Moldova: 84.9 degrees (29.7 C) in Sîngerei.
• Poland: 79.5 degree (26.4 C) in Tarlów.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/04/01/record-heat-europe-asia-climate/

Each of us can do something about it. For example, eat less meat or, best of all, avoid it altogether.