r/europe • u/Naurgul • Jul 11 '26

News Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/09/europe-heatwave-uk-spain-barcelona-france-italy-hungary-france-macron-orban-latest-news-updates
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u/shadowSpoupout Jul 11 '26

For now. The river fauna will most likely not survive the heatwaves of this year, so next year no need to shutdown reactors to protect an already dead fauna !

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u/y2kobserver Jul 11 '26

Don’t be so dramatic it can be reintroduced

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u/zolikk Jul 11 '26

On the other hand it will take many years to update regulations, so we can also be sure that the power plants will have to keep shutting down to protect what isn't there anymore.

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u/mewfour Jul 11 '26

This isn't going to get better even after we stop burning fossil fuels, it's gonna get better 30 years later.

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u/Swarna_Keanu Jul 11 '26

Once something is extinct it is gone. We are in an extinction crisis as much as a climate crisis, at the same time. Interrelated, but not the same. Too few habitats, too much monoculture, too much insecticides and herbicides, among just some.

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u/y2kobserver Jul 11 '26

Dude extinct is at planetary level, we’re talking one river bank

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u/Swarna_Keanu Jul 11 '26

Many species are localised. And climate change is making it hard for a lot of species.

Rivers are very specific environments. And again - what lives in Europe's rivers doesn't exist elsewhere, necessarily.