Many Italians Long Resisted Air-Conditioning. Then Europe Got Hotter.

Forecasters have warned it is almost certain that this year's El Nino will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and last until February next year.

Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis The El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes”, the UN has said. The event is near certain to shatter temperature records, according to the latest forecasts. The El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere where temperatures are already rising rapidly due to global heating. The combination means 2027 is set to “blow apart” the record and be the hottest year ever recorded...

Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials As the first heatwave of the record-breaking summer arrived on 23 May, GB News host Cristo Foufas was not happy: “I am sick to death of the naysayers saying firstly that we’re all going to die and that we have to put out heat alerts, because, you know, just drink some water and drink a bit less rosé in the sunshine.” “We used to call it Darwinism,” replied co-host Renée Hoenderkamp. She is a medical doctor...