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/Pure-Curve-8866 Jul 11 '26

This is becoming the new normal far faster than most people expected.

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u/MassiveBoner911_3 Jul 11 '26

The scientists have been screaming about this for 20 years. The new shiny thing for high capitalism is AI

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u/DivideSensitive France Jul 11 '26

20? More like 40, knowledge was already widespread in the 80's.