By Malu Cursino
BBC News

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Fires in the south of France have ravaged 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land since 12 July

Western Europe faces more sweltering temperatures on Tuesday as a ferocious heatwave heads north.

In France and the UK extreme heat warnings were issued while northern Spain recorded temperatures of 43C (109F) on Monday.

Wildfires in France, Portugal, Spain and Greece have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.



Wildfires in recent days have forced more than 30,000 people to flee, with emergency shelters set up for evacuees.

Gironde, a popular tourist region in the south-west, has been hit particularly badly, with firefighters battling to control blazes which have destroyed nearly 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land since last Tuesday.

"The idea that comes into my head is, it's a monster," Jean-Luc Gleyze, the president of the Gironde region said of the fires.

"It's a monster like an octopus, and it's growing and growing and growing in the front, in the back, on both sides. Because of the temperature, because of the wind, because of the lack of water in the air... it's a monster and it's very difficult to fight against it."

Wow! A hot week for an area of Europe that traditionally gets heatwaves at this time of year. Who'da thunkit?

A study that investigated the placement of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) temperature stations found that 96 percent of the facilities used to measure heat failed to meet the agency’s own “uncorrupted placement” standards.

Research for the study shows the 96 percent corruption is because the stations’ measurements are tainted by the effects of urbanization – or heat produced because of their close proximity to asphalt, machinery, and other heat-producing, heat-trapping, or heat-accentuating objects.

"With a 96 percent warm-bias in U.S. temperature measurements, it is impossible to use any statistical methods to derive an accurate climate trend for the U.S.” said Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Anthony Watts, the director of the study. “Data from the stations that have not been corrupted by faulty placement show a rate of warming in the United States reduced by almost half compared to all stations."

https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/media-advisory-96-of-us-climate-data-is-corrupted

Frank wrote on Jul 31^st, 2022 at 2:35pm:


Background

s a Chicago-based free market think tank and 501(c)(3) charity that has been at the forefront of denying the scientific evidence for man-made climate change. The Heartland Institute has received at least $676,500 from ExxonMobil since 1998 but no longer discloses its funding sources. According to ExxonMobil’s worldwide giving reports, it appears to have stopped funding Heartland among other climate change denial groups around 2007.  The Union of Concerned Scientists found ( PDF) that “Nearly 40% of the total funds that the Heartland Institute has received from ExxonMobil since 1998 were specifically designated for climate change projects.”1 2

Bobby. wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 12:54pm:


So what happened Bobby? 

What happened to the next Ice Age?

random wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 4:58pm:



I post evidence for whatever I find
without taking sides.

you are forgiven
namaste

random wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 8:23pm:



All evidence is presented on this forum.
Do you have any yourself?

random wrote on Aug 5^th, 2022 at 8:57pm:



David DuByne had excellent evidence that could not be ignored
such as record low temperatures - some were 100 year records broken.

Do you have anything as good as that or are you shooting the messenger?