France’s biggest wildfire in about two decades has killed one and forced residents to flee. The fire has cut power to thousands of homes and is being tackled by around 2,100 firefighters assisted by aircraft. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/society/wildfires-france-heat-wave/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #france #heatwaves #wildfires
Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday as temperatures rose as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of 41.2 C set just last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/society/japan-records-hottest-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatwaves #heatstroke #climatechange #gunma #saitama #tokyo #hyogo
Heat can claim tens of thousands of lives during European summers but it usually takes months, even years, to count the cost of this "silent killer." Scientists are aiming to change that with faster studies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/05/climate-change/science-climate-deaths-heatwaves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #heatwaves #health #climatechange #europe
People in Japan are advised to take measures to prevent heatstroke as a heat wave gripping the country peaks over the next several days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/extreme-heat-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meteorologicalagency #heatstroke #heatwaves
Japan's average temperature in July hit a record high for the third consecutive year, the Meteorological Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/science-health/japan-hottest-july-third-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatwaves #rain
Japan recorded the highest ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, beating the previous high of 41.1 C marked in 2018 and 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/hyogo-highest-temperature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hyogo #meteorologicalagency #heatstroke #heatwaves
Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly record this year, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/society/record-heatstroke-sufferers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatstroke #heatwaves #tokyo #saitama #hokkaido
Adapting to the new climate reality in Europe can be complicated and expensive, but now that summers are scorching, many Germans are finding the most manageable way to cool down is with a portable unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/27/climate-change/germany-air-conditioning-embrace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #germany #heatwaves#airconditioners #climatechange
Roni Laukkarinen
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Everyone knows this. It's been obvious since the dawn of time that it's cooler underneath trees. It hardly takes "professors", "scientists" or "experts" and yet people are still chopping down trees and covering more of the earth with concrete. More and more green land is becoming housing estates because it's 'cheaper' than developing brownfield sites. It's just not sustainable. #ClimateChange
BBC News: Plant #trees to tackle deadly #heatwaves, say experts
Everyone knows this. It's been obvious since the dawn of time that it's cooler underneath trees. It hardly takes "professors", "scientists" or "experts" and yet people are still chopping down trees and covering more of the earth with concrete. More and more green land is becoming housing estates because it's 'cheaper' than developing brownfield sites. It's just not sustainable. #ClimateChange
BBC News: Plant #trees to tackle deadly #heatwaves, say experts
Japan is experiencing another scorching summer, and even Hokkaido, which is known for its cool and comfortable summer, is not being spared by heat waves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/northern-japan-heat-waves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #heatwaves #hokkaido #tohoku #meteorologicalagency
A Japanese independent administrative agency has warned consumers that products powered by lithium-ion batteries, such as portable chargers and handheld fans, are more liable to catch fire during summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/lithium-ion-batteries-fire-risks-summer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #batteries #heatwaves
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is allowing officers to wear neck coolers to help with the summer heat while also testing ventilated vests and cooling sprays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/police-embrace-cooling-gear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #heatwaves #heatstroke
The rainy season appears to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region, Hokuriku region and southern Tohoku region, the Meteorological Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/rainy-season-ends-in-kanto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #meteorologicalagency #rainyseason #kanto #hokuriku #tohoku #heatwaves
With techniques such as cross-ventilation and materials such as clay, architects around the world are adapting schools to climate change without the use of air conditioning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/17/climate-change/schools-built-extreme-heat-aircon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #education #climatechange #schools #heatwaves #architecture #pritzkerprize
Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into lockdown in Catalonia in Spain, and encroaching on France's second-biggest city of Marseille. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/15/climate-change/europe-wildfires-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #wildfires #europe #heatwaves
Karachi is a striking example of how rising temperatures can turn cities into pressure cookers, as its 17 million residents endure overlapping crises of toxic air, flooding, poor waste disposal and climate change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/15/climate-change/when-its-this-hot-we-are-enduring-not-living/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #pakistan #asia #climatechange #heatwaves
joene 🏴🍉
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As 27 million Filipino students returned to school in June, teachers' groups said classrooms remained ill-equipped to withstand climate disasters and prevent learning loss due to insufficient funding for education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/10/sustainability/philippines-green-schools-climate-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #philippines #climatechange #schools #environment #heatwaves #unesco