Re:Japan swelters in worst heatwave since 1875
by bamboozled on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @06:25AM
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Heatwaves have become more frequent, more intense, and last longer because of human-induced climate change.
Yes but the real issue with Tokyo is the insane urban heat island effect. I challenge anyone else to tell me where its that bad. Maybe New York? But NY seems to be surrounded by a lot of water so I feel breezes would be more helpful.
It's a concrete Jungle, any breeze is stifled by huge developments along the shore of the Tokyo bay [1], it's sunny as hell for a good part of summer and of course, all the heat exhaust from the crazy amount of trains in the enormous subway warm the city.
With regards to the lack of breeze, it's a known problem and there are plans in place to remedy it
The summer is insanely brutal and in my opinion something that people don't consider when visiting in summer. The heat and humidity are extreme.
Re:Japan swelters in worst heatwave since 1875
by sph on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @08:18AM
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The whole Po Valley in Northern Italy suffers from the heat island effect. Milan is freezing in the winter and is extremely hot in the summer, due to the Alps on three sides limiting air movement.
Limited air movement also increases pollution and weather changes very slowly. If it rains, it rains for a week.
Re:Japan swelters in worst heatwave since 1875
by nagonago on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:03PM
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The thing that bugs me about these "worst x since y year" articles is that the metrics are always so arbitrary. In this case, their definition of "worst heatwave" seems to be "Tokyo charted temperatures above 35C on Wednesday for a fifth straight day." Just wait until next year when the new metric is "Tokyo charted temperatures above 37C for 3 days". Also Tokyo != Japan!
Grumbling aside, I do welcome articles that bring attention to climate change issues, but they should really come with the caveat that climate change is about much more than just the ambient temperature.
Yes but the real issue with Tokyo is the insane urban heat island effect. I challenge anyone else to tell me where its that bad. Maybe New York? But NY seems to be surrounded by a lot of water so I feel breezes would be more helpful.
It's a concrete Jungle, any breeze is stifled by huge developments along the shore of the Tokyo bay [1], it's sunny as hell for a good part of summer and of course, all the heat exhaust from the crazy amount of trains in the enormous subway warm the city.
With regards to the lack of breeze, it's a known problem and there are plans in place to remedy it
The summer is insanely brutal and in my opinion something that people don't consider when visiting in summer. The heat and humidity are extreme.
[1] https://www.kenken.go.jp/japanese/contents/cib/w101_old/pdf/...
Limited air movement also increases pollution and weather changes very slowly. If it rains, it rains for a week.
Grumbling aside, I do welcome articles that bring attention to climate change issues, but they should really come with the caveat that climate change is about much more than just the ambient temperature.