They are considering to start watermelon plants and vineyards in South-West Finland, because summers are so hot and sunny nowadays in Finland.
In the early 2000s, a friend from southwestern Finland would tell me that the sea water there in June-July was over 20º and that it was nice to swim nearly every day – she was *very* puzzled when I told her that sea water in Portugal was bone-chilling cold, even in the summer.
Finland and Sweden are no longer a safe heaven to escape the heat
This heat wave is fucked, the A/C at work is broken and can’t be repaired, I’m forced to spend 8 hours a day in 28 centigrade stale inside air.
I have a portable A/C unit running all the time when I’m home so I guess that’s something.
Why does the baltic sea look like a guy looking down at his cock?
Well, as someone who has gone diving in the méditerranée, that’s not warm enough 😉 Currently along the french coast, the temperature of the sea is around 24° but that is because the weather has returned to more normal levels. Back in June during the prolonged heatwave, the water was 25-28° at the surface and I was too warm in my wetsuit.
This is really a problem for the plants and life underneath the ocean since many years. Plants and wildlife cannot just turn on air con and I’ve seen a lot of dead plants over the last few summers and autumns. I’m no eco-hippie or biologist but when you see the devastation as a diver, it gives you perspective. A few degrees too warm and it’s over for them.
Also for humans this leads to tropical nights, even in the lake regions. Because water will retain heat and thus prevent its surroundings from cooling overnight.
Not even close.
Finns will complain all year because it is too cold, then 2 weeks if it is too warm they will complain it is too hot.. loudly. Omg.
It’s even warmer closer to the shoreline. I’m right now sitting in my sailing boat right next to a 19 west from Helsinki and the sea surface here is actually 23. Earlier today a little more closer to the mainland it was 24.
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They are considering to start watermelon plants and vineyards in South-West Finland, because summers are so hot and sunny nowadays in Finland.
In the early 2000s, a friend from southwestern Finland would tell me that the sea water there in June-July was over 20º and that it was nice to swim nearly every day – she was *very* puzzled when I told her that sea water in Portugal was bone-chilling cold, even in the summer.
Finland and Sweden are no longer a safe heaven to escape the heat
This heat wave is fucked, the A/C at work is broken and can’t be repaired, I’m forced to spend 8 hours a day in 28 centigrade stale inside air.
I have a portable A/C unit running all the time when I’m home so I guess that’s something.
Why does the baltic sea look like a guy looking down at his cock?
Well, as someone who has gone diving in the méditerranée, that’s not warm enough 😉 Currently along the french coast, the temperature of the sea is around 24° but that is because the weather has returned to more normal levels. Back in June during the prolonged heatwave, the water was 25-28° at the surface and I was too warm in my wetsuit.
This is really a problem for the plants and life underneath the ocean since many years. Plants and wildlife cannot just turn on air con and I’ve seen a lot of dead plants over the last few summers and autumns. I’m no eco-hippie or biologist but when you see the devastation as a diver, it gives you perspective. A few degrees too warm and it’s over for them.
Also for humans this leads to tropical nights, even in the lake regions. Because water will retain heat and thus prevent its surroundings from cooling overnight.
Not even close.
Finns will complain all year because it is too cold, then 2 weeks if it is too warm they will complain it is too hot.. loudly. Omg.
It’s even warmer closer to the shoreline. I’m right now sitting in my sailing boat right next to a 19 west from Helsinki and the sea surface here is actually 23. Earlier today a little more closer to the mainland it was 24.
🙁
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