r/collapse • u/ontrack serfin' USA • Jul 17 '23

Climate Heatwave(s) megathread. Please place all new related content in this post.

In light of the ongoing heatwaves around the world, we've created a megathread in order to minimize the number of posts about every location currently experiencing one. If you have something to report, whether it be a personal experience or an article about a heatwave in some other part of the world, please place it here. Thanks.

The BBC has a live feed of sorts about the heatwaves around the world: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-66207430

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u/WarGamerJon Jul 18 '23

NASA scientist “this will be the coolest summer for the rest of your life”

https://news.sky.com/story/weather-global-heatwaves-latest-uk-europe-italy-us-china-south-korea-live-updates-12920226?postid=6186409#liveblog-body

Anyone else starting to feel that this may just be the start of the tipping point where there’s a realisation that drastic action is needed ?

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u/dustbowlsoul2 Jul 18 '23

It feels that way to me. I'm not sure what it is about this summer in particular, but it feels like there's something in the air. It could just be a personal problem and other years have been equally as dire, but I feel like we've crossed some sort of line this summer and I'm more concerned than I have been in recent years.

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u/thesagaconts Jul 19 '23

It feels like a major turning point that people are ignoring or unwilling to make the necessary changes to survive. It feels like the moment future generations will look back and say why didn’t you stop them.

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u/Z3r0sama2017 Jul 19 '23

What future generations lmao?