As it turns out, it’s called global warming since it is affecting the whole world. Now that heat waves are becoming a large problem in NA and Europe, Western media (being based there) is more likely to cover that. But lots of places have already been experiencing greater storms, floods, etc. due to the increase in global temperatures. And from my own experience in Asia, it’s really hot in the summer now, sometimes over 34 degrees (Celsius), far more than just a few years ago!
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jgjl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Global?? It seems to be confined to North America and Europe?
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s nothing to do with Western media, it’s bad elsewhere too (over 50C in India last year and the rising sea levels are obliterating islands, for example) but it affects Europe the most.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
It’s really bad here in South America. For example, in my city (Curitiba) temperatures below 5°C and above 30°C did happen in the past, but extremes to both sides seem to be way more frequent nowadays, as if summers became hotter and winters colder. Max historical temp was in 2024, with 35.4°C. And last summer we got a full week past 30°C. There’s something clearly wrong happening.
jgjl@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
I get that, but right now there is no summer heatwave going on in South America, right? It’s winter after all?
lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Yeah. But we got one some months ago, and will likely get another in a few months.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
That’s just what the media is reporting on. Actually some regions are having even more extreme heat waves although it’s not everywhere on earth, obviously.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index?lat=23…
The current strong El Niño that is forming is highly predictive of severe heat in many places across the world, although there are some exceptions. So we can expect this to continue, albeit the exact geographic extent will likely shift.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1137867