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A severe heatwave is ongoing in Europe. Temperature records broken in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain.

On 11 July 2023, the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in some areas of Extremadura (Spain) exceeded 60°C, as highlighted in this data visualisation derived from measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) instrument. The ongoing heatwave in Spain this week is resulting in a total of 13 autonomous communities, being at extreme risk (red alert), significant risk (orange alert), and risk (yellow alert) due to maximum temperatures that, in some cases, will exceed 40°C and reach a maximum of 43°C.

For reference, "in areas where vegetation is dense, the land surface temperature never rises above 35°C. The hottest land surface temperatures on Earth are in plant-free desert landscapes."

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[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

It's not one or the other. Regenerative agriculture is great, but it's still very land intensive. The beauty of vertical farming is it can be placed in urban areas on brownfield sites which reduces food miles and provides jobs.

[-] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I would say the only environment where I would want to see such a thing is dense urban environments. But then, maybe we shouldn't have urban environments so dense that we have to build skyscrapers for our salads ...

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If everyone spread out, we'd have about an acre each and no natural habitat.

It makes sense to have dense urban environments and to build up instead of out.

Either that or depopulation by moving into space or a cull...

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