Human-Induced Climate Change Creates Olympic "Heat Dome" Crisis

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Scorching temperatures sweeping across Western Europe and North Africa have resulted in tens of thousands of premature deaths and have severely affected athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games in Paris. A recent rapid analysis has revealed that this intense heatwave, characterized by a "heat dome," would have been impossible without human-induced global warming.

 

Scientists have determined that the fossil-fueled climate crisis has increased temperatures by 4 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit. Such an extreme event, they noted, would not have occurred in the pre-industrial era but is now expected about once a decade due to global warming. Continued emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are projected to make these heatwaves even more frequent.

 

"Climate change crashed the Olympics on Tuesday," stated Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London and a member of the World Weather Attribution group behind the analysis. "The world watched athletes swelter in 95-degree Fahrenheit heat. If the atmosphere wasn’t overloaded with emissions from burning fossil fuels, Paris would have been about 5 to 6 degrees cooler and much safer for sport."

 

The extreme heat has significantly impacted numerous athletes, including gymnastics superstar Simone Biles, with one tennis player describing the conditions as "crazy." Sailing competitors have resorted to wearing ice vests to stay cool, while fans watching beach volleyball near the Eiffel Tower have been sprayed with hoses. Misting fountains have been set up at skateboarding and other venues, and millions of bottles of water have been distributed at train and Métro stations.

 

"However, many people across the Mediterranean do not have the luxury of ice packs, air conditioning, or cooling breaks at work," Otto pointed out. "For these people, extreme heat can mean death."

 

The analysis examined the dangerous heat in July, which caused temperatures to soar past 104 degrees Fahrenheit in many areas, exacerbating wildfires in Portugal and Greece and worsening water shortages in Italy and Spain. In Morocco, temperatures reached 118 degrees Fahrenheit, with one hospital reporting 21 deaths.

 

The heatwave is expected to have caused many more premature deaths across the region, although assembling the required data will take time. For instance, extreme heat in the European summer of 2022 is now known to have led to 61,000 early deaths. Dr. Mariam Zachariah, a research associate at Imperial College London, emphasized the urgency of the situation, stating, "[Our new] analysis helps people understand that climate change is not a distant threat, but an immediate one that is already making life on Earth much more dangerous."

 

Heat action plans have been implemented in countries such as France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, but not yet in Morocco. These plans include early warning systems, water and first aid stations, and altered hours for outdoor workers to mitigate the impact of extreme heat.

 

The July heatwave was caused by a large-scale high-pressure ridge, often referred to as a "heat dome." This event followed 13 months of extreme heat globally, with each of the last 13 months being the hottest ever recorded. The climate crisis is making all heatwaves hotter, longer, and more frequent around the world. Scientists assessed the impact of human-induced global warming on the extreme July heat by comparing these events between today's climate, with about 1.3 degrees Celsius of global warming, and the cooler pre-industrial climate.

 

This analysis builds on previous studies of heatwaves in the Mediterranean region in April and July 2023, which used weather data and computer climate models. This foundation meant that only weather data was needed for the new analysis, allowing it to be produced almost immediately.

 

Many hundreds of attribution studies have now been completed, covering heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods, and storms. They include a growing number of events deemed impossible without human-caused warming, demonstrating how human activity has already supercharged extreme weather across the globe.

 

"As long as humans burn oil, gas, and coal, heatwaves will get hotter and more people will die premature deaths," said Otto. "The good news is that we don’t need some magic solution to stop things from getting worse. We know exactly what we need to do and have the technology and knowledge needed to do it—replace fossil fuels with renewable energy and stop deforestation. The faster we do this, the better."

 

UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently underscored the urgency of this issue, stating, "I must call out the flood of fossil fuel expansion we are seeing in some of the world’s wealthiest countries." This comment followed revelations by the Guardian about a surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024, with countries such as the US and the UK leading the charge, issuing a record 825 oil and gas licenses in 2023.

 

As the world continues to grapple with the consequences of climate change, the evidence is clear: human activity is driving extreme weather events, and urgent action is needed to mitigate the impacts and protect future generations. The crisis facing athletes at the Olympics is a stark reminder of the broader, life-threatening impacts of climate change on people around the world.

 

Credit: Mother Jones  2024-08-02

 

 

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[Purdey]

Quick, someone on AN call it  a hoax and normal summer weather! 

🤣

[digger70]

14 hours ago, Social Media said:

Scientists have determined that the fossil-fueled climate crisis has increased temperatures by 4 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit. Such an extreme event, they noted, would not have occurred in the pre-industrial era but is now expected about once a decade due to global warming.

What a load off Cr@p  Those  scientists only Say what they are Paid for to Say to keep there Miserable Job.

IF,IF,IF .it was what they  Say it IS than this would occur Every year continuously.

Scare mongering at its Best. 

[nauseus]

Who the hell is Mother Jones?

 

Better scrap the games then - it would save thousands of people jetting there and creating all those tons of C emissions.

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4 hours ago, digger70 said:

What a load off Cr@p  Those  scientists only Say what they are Paid for to Say to keep there Miserable Job.

IF,IF,IF .it was what they  Say it IS than this would occur Every year continuously.

Scare mongering at its Best. 

Got any facts to back up that claim of yours about scientists being on the take?

"Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source."

https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/

 

In other words, put up or....

[shdmn]

27 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Got any facts to back up that claim of yours about scientists being on the take?

"Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source."

https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/

 

In other words, put up or....

They are like the boiling frog analogy personified. New record temperatures every year they are still trying to claim it's all a fake news conspiracy.

[chickenslegs]

19 hours ago, Social Media said:

Scientists have determined that the fossil-fueled climate crisis has increased temperatures by 4 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit.

Scientists are using the Fahrenheit scale in the year 2024 ???

[novacova]

19 hours ago, Social Media said:

Human-Induced Climate Change Creates Olympic "Heat Dome" Crisis

…caused by the exhaust of the climate alarmists halitosis 

[JonnyF]

We clearly need more lectures from Lewis Hamilton, Taylor Swift and Bill Gates to solve this problem...

 

Someone line up the private jets and fly them in. It's an emergency. 

 

Emma Thompson might prefer to arrive by extravagant luxury yacht so send the motorcade to the harbour as well and make damned sure that Pimms is cold.

[CallumWK]

1 hour ago, shdmn said:

New record temperatures every year they are still trying to claim it's all a fake news conspiracy.

 

New record temperatures each and every year. Now if I have ever heard some fake news and conspiracy, it must be your post.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/500472/annual-average-temperature-in-the-us/

[Roo Island]

6 hours ago, digger70 said:

What a load off Cr@p  Those  scientists only Say what they are Paid for to Say to keep there Miserable Job.

IF,IF,IF .it was what they  Say it IS than this would occur Every year continuously.

Scare mongering at its Best. 

Sad some fall for the misinformation.

[CallumWK]

1 hour ago, chickenslegs said:

Scientists are using the Fahrenheit scale in the year 2024 ???

 

Of course because then the figures are more impressive

[Roo Island]

22 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

We clearly need more lectures from Lewis Hamilton, Taylor Swift and Bill Gates to solve this problem...

 

Someone line up the private jets and fly them in. It's an emergency. 

 

Emma Thompson might prefer to arrive by extravagant luxury yacht so send the motorcade to the harbour as well and make damned sure that Pimms is cold.

We clearly need more people to pay attention to the science and ignore what they read on dodgy media outlets

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

We clearly need more people to pay attention to the science and ignore what they read on dodgy media outlets

 

When people who ostensibly believe "their" science still don't change their lifestyle what chance is there for people who are more skeptical? 

 

Let the believers lead by example. We could follow what they do, not what they say.

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32 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

We clearly need more lectures from Lewis Hamilton, Taylor Swift and Bill Gates to solve this problem...

 

Someone line up the private jets and fly them in. It's an emergency. 

 

Emma Thompson might prefer to arrive by extravagant luxury yacht so send the motorcade to the harbour as well and make damned sure that Pimms is cold.

Can you share with the rest of us where they publish their research?

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1 hour ago, chickenslegs said:

Scientists are using the Fahrenheit scale in the year 2024 ???

Are you under the impression that this is an article written in a scientific journal and not a journalistic report on scientific research?

[shdmn]

26 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

New record temperatures each and every year. Now if I have ever heard some fake news and conspiracy, it must be your post.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/500472/annual-average-temperature-in-the-us/

When you figure out how to see trends on a graph get back to us.  

 

 

 

[CallumWK]

1 minute ago, shdmn said:

 

 

Ok, I understand you think a chart from Statista isn't a credible source, and you have to resort to foolish replies to enforce your fake comments

[Roo Island]

13 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

When people who ostensibly believe "their" science still don't change their lifestyle what chance is there for people who are more skeptical? 

 

Let the believers lead by example. We could follow what they do, not what they say.

Posted like a true climate denier

[shdmn]

5 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Ok, I understand you think a chart from Statista isn't a credible source, and you have to resort to foolish replies to enforce your fake comments

You still don't understand what your chart shows or how weather works do you?!

 

[Roo Island]

7 minutes ago, shdmn said:

When you figure out how to see trends on a graph get back to us.  

 

 

 

It's quite well laid out. No ridiculous memes needed

[CallumWK]

11 minutes ago, shdmn said:

When you figure out how to see trends on a graph get back to us.  

 

 

 

 

What I clearly can see from the chart is that temperatures have been decreasing since 2011, and please don't post pictures of yourself on the forum.

 

[Stargeezr]

How about thoses volcanoes that bring super heated magma to the surface of the earth from the hot mantle just under the crust?

  I sure would appreciate a few scientists letting us all know if the world is heating itself up again. I am sick of

the climate alarmists who would like to only blame humans for the hot weather. Remember La Nina, and El Nino?

 Oh and CO2 is less than one half of one percent of the atmosphere, and methane is a trace gas. if you do not believe me,

google it.  Do not believe everything the Media likes to have you believe.

[shdmn]

AN's finest in this thread.  Some of whom apparently can't even read a chart.

 

[digger70]

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

Got any facts to back up that claim of yours about scientists being on the take?

"Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source."

https://aseannow.com/forum/158-world-news/

 

In other words, put up or....

Same to you, Put up or .You got a link that says that Some are  Not ? You can Believe what you like.  No Link is Needed to Believe or Speculate /think.

It's the same Everywhere  same as there's corruption in Every country for the gain of Power and/or money.

 

[Roo Island]

2 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

How about thoses volcanoes that bring super heated magma to the surface of the earth from the hot mantle just under the crust?

  I sure would appreciate a few scientists letting us all know if the world is heating itself up again. I am sick of

the climate alarmists who would like to only blame humans for the hot weather. Remember La Nina, and El Nino?

 Oh and CO2 is less than one half of one percent of the atmosphere, and methane is a trace gas. if you do not believe me,

google it.  Do not believe everything the Media likes to have you believe.

I'm guessing you haven't traveled much and seen the impact humans have had on the world. It's got nothing to do with the media. Listen to the scientists

[Roo Island]

36 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Same to you, Put up or .You got a link that says that Some are  Not ? You can Believe what you like.  No Link is Needed to Believe or Speculate /think.

It's the same Everywhere  same as there's corruption in Every country for the gain of Power and/or money.

 

Put up a link showing credible scientists are on the take. Sure, some are tied to big oil and skew results in their favor.

 

Impossible to deny climate change.

 

Guaranteed, you aren't smarter than these people.

 

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/more-999-studies-agree-humans-caused-climate-change

[digger70]

6 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

Put up a link showing credible scientists are on the take. Sure, some are tied to big oil and skew results in their favor.

 

Impossible to deny climate change.

 

Guaranteed, you aren't smarter than these people.

 

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/10/more-999-studies-agree-humans-caused-climate-change

No link Needed , You said yourself Some are Tied to big Oil and skew in their favor .

You Know and Believe that some are on the take Right.  

I am not the Smartest man on the planet, but I Can believe what I like and you can do Same .   

For me , Yes there's a climate change going on ,  Caused by What? 

Natural Phenomenon . It will change again in a Few Hundred/Thousand Years  into a Cold Icy world.

Like they say ,It won't happen overnight but it Will happen.

[Roo Island]

7 minutes ago, digger70 said:

No link Needed , You said yourself Some are Tied to big Oil and skew in their favor .

You Know and Believe that some are on the take Right.  

I am not the Smartest man on the planet, but I Can believe what I like and you can do Same .   

For me , Yes there's a climate change going on ,  Caused by What? 

Natural Phenomenon . It will change again in a Few Hundred/Thousand Years  into a Cold Icy world.

Like they say ,It won't happen overnight but it Will happen.

Some are tied to big oil to deny climate change. Easy to tell. The others are telling the truth. Impossible to deny it is happening.

 

I'm guessing you are a covid denier and anti vaxxer? All tied together. Sad

[digger70]

1 minute ago, Roo Island said:

Some are tied to big oil to deny climate change. Easy to tell. The others are telling the truth. Impossible to deny it is happening.

 

I'm guessing you are a covid denier and anti vaxxer? All tied together. Sad

Yes I believe there' a climate change going on but one can believe or not what the cause of that is . 

No , I am Not Covid is the New China Flu that's what they said when it started . 

Got the jabs , Nothing Sad about that.

Like I said Believe it or Not ,Like the Thais say ,,,, Up to you .🙏