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UK weather: Fifth heatwave of year likely as temperatures could hit 35C (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Didn't know the first one ended, let alone the fourth.

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising.

Paragraph 2 of the Fifth story down on the BBC News front page at this precise moment. Lawks.

The Weather section is, unsurprisingly, concerned mainly with weather rather than climate. However:

Are we in for a summer of serial heatwaves?

Human-induced climate change is shifting the baseline temperature higher and this is making our heatwaves hotter, more frequent and longer lasting.

How hot a 1976-style heatwave would be today

In the 50 years since the record-breaking heatwave of 1976, scientists say that the influence of human-induced climate change means that should similar weather patterns occur again we could expect our weather to be much hotter.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Followed by "But..."

    And then spends the rest of the article talking about cigarettes and BBQs instead of why the country is as dry as a tinderbox.

    There's no explanation of climate, only "those bad autistic criminals throwing cigarettes around".

    Like I said, they deny without outright denying.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    Again, its a weather section, they aren’t the ones dealing with climate.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    The article you linked isn't in the weather section.

    And if weather isn't affected by climate then what is?...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    BBC Weather is the department that prepares forecasts, advice, and occasional explainers about weather - the practical aspects in the immediate term, but not really long-term trends or mechanisms. It is not part of BBC News.

    BBC News has its own Climate desk, with a Climate Editor. It frequently reports on human-influenced climate change.

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