Comments by "Old Scientist" (@OldScientist) on "Climate emergency: Record heatwave sparks wildfires in Europe" video.

  1. No national temperature records have been broken in Europe in July with the exception of Albania. Rome was supposed to have broken its, but it didn't. Greece was nowhere near its record of 48°C set way back in 1977. IPCC only has medium confidence ( that's a 50-50) that weather conditions that promote wildfires (fire weather) have become more probable in southern Europe over the last century. Note that annual Global Wildfire Carbon Emissions have been declining dramatically since 2003, with 2022 being the lowest on record (Copernicus). There is nothing unusual about the fire season in Europe. There's no trend for wildfires in Greece.
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  2. Five days after this bull, Europe is in a cold wave with a negative temperature anomalies. Frosts are forecast for southern Germany, and people will need to put their heating on in August. Cool, damp and dull for the foreseeable future.
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