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☝️🤓 it’s because the further you move toward the earth’s poles, the lower the angle of the sun is at the hottest parts of the day, meaning the radiation hits your whole body, causing it to feel 10-20 degrees warmer than the thermometer reading will tell you. People from tropical climes, aka close to the equator, are used to the sun’s radiation hitting a much smaller target- their head and shoulders.

i couldn't tell you if the sun is uniquely evil in europe, but i can tell you the bigger issue is that climate change has been advancing in the region at a pace that urban infrastructure has no chance in hell keeping up with, at least for the next 1-2 decades. in many big european cities the 'old town' area is probably a paved square surrounded by historical buildings, maybe a cathedral, a monument, a statue or two, a fountain if you're lucky. that was fine back when 30 degrees celsius was a rare heatwave. it's a fucking nightmare when 38 degrees has become commonplace, because what are you gonna do? move a bunch of historical buildings to make room for enough trees to make a difference, since large green spaces are also limited to parks and gardens? build artificial cooling infrastructure around a 15th century cathedral? i'm not being pretentious, i'm saying whatever methods we develop for mitigating the insane pace of climate change should take into account the importance of cultural sites everywhere, not just in europe. it's the kind of thing where you need historians, curators and artists on the team, not just engineers and climatologists.

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