The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:55:14 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/11/the-13-biggest-myths-about-heatwaves-and-how-to-bust-them>

"Some people – and media organisations – still have difficulty connecting the
heatwaves currently gripping much of the world and human-caused climate chaos.
Others are in outright denial. So how to address their evasions, distractions
and lies?

The Guardian has trawled through climate sceptics’ claims and put their
doubts to one of the UK’s top climate scientists, Prof Ed Hawkins at the
University of Reading.

As the inventor of the famous “climate stripes” graphic, which visually
represents the change in temperature as measured in each country, region or
city over at least a century, he has arguably done as good a job in
communicating global heating as anyone. Here are his responses to those who
ignore or downplay the truth."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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