<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - heat wave]]> 10 <![CDATA[The Balearic Islands will lead the increase in heatwaves until 2050]]>

The Balearic Islands will be one of the territories in the State most affected by the increase in heatwaves in the coming decades. According to the Atlas of Heat Vulnerability, developed by the urban analysis group Trescientosmil and the Department of Earth Sciences of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center within the framework of the European project Impetus4Change, the Islands and the Catalan coast lead the forecasts for the increase of this phenomenon until the year 2050.

]]> <![CDATA[Petra prohibits the passage of vehicles on the Bonany path during orange alerts for temperatures]]>

The Petra Town Hall has issued a statement establishing the immediate restriction of vehicle traffic on the Bonany road whenever the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) declares a yellow alert for temperatures. However, residents of the area will still have access.

]]> <![CDATA[Technicians advise against portable air conditioners despite sales having soared 30%]]>

Heat waves have caused a 30% increase in the sale of portable air conditioners, but industry professionals warn that they are not a good option. The Balearic Association of Technicians in Energy, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (ABTECIR) warned this Thursday that these units, which have become a quick solution because they do not require installation, are inefficient and increase energy consumption.

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The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated this Wednesday the orange alert (important danger) for strong heat in the interior of Mallorca, with maximums that could reach 39°C. The heatwave that began on Monday continues in this way.

]]> <![CDATA[The Government asks to reopen the Palma airport canteen as a climate refuge for workers]]>

The Minister of Labor, Public Function and Social Dialogue, Catalina Cabrer, has asked Aena to reopen the canteen at Palma airport so that it can function as a climate shelter for workers. The request is part of the prevention campaign against high temperatures launched this summer by the Balearic Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Ibassal). Regarding Son Sant Joan, the Executive has also established communication channels between Aena and ground service companieswith the objective of responding to the problems derived from working conditions during heat episodes.

]]> <![CDATA[Climate, life, politics]]> The exact number of people who have lost their lives due to extreme temperatures in Europe during the recent heatwave that has particularly affected the center of the Old Continent is unknown. Estimates suggest, now that we are beginning a new wave, more than 2,000 people in France, more than 1,200 in Belgium, and more than a thousand in Spain. Millions of animals intended for human consumption have also died. And shortly after the most intense days, thousands of hectares of forest are burning, because the high temperatures have turned forest masses into fuel.As happens with the Danes, a phenomenon somewhat more Mediterranean, we can act as if it had nothing to do with us, and deny, as the far-right does, that any of this has to do with climate change and global warming caused by human action. Politicians like Trump promise more oil than ever and cheaper; billionaires like Elon Musk pollute as never seen before with their continuous launches of satellites into Earth's orbit and their rockets to Mars; and genocides like Netanyahu drop tons and tons of explosives on Palestine and Lebanon which, in addition to annihilating human beings, have environmental effects that will last for generations.The denialist far-right conditions and shapes PP governments in various communities – the latest being Andalusia, the most populous in the country –, questions the work of the scientific community, and criminalizes environmentalism and the defense of life. Politics, in general, is not up to the magnitude of environmental and climate problems, which put the life and well-being of future generations at risk, as a then-adolescent Greta Thunberg, promoter of the "climate strike" that mobilized thousands of young people around the planet, and who today is considered a dangerous communist, already denounced a few years ago.The truly dangerous thing is to do nothing, or to do more of the same. It is also a waste of time getting bogged down, as they have done these days in France, in absurd debates about whether it is ethical to have air conditioning at home with temperatures above 40 degrees. This does not mean that, on an individual level, everyone should not do their part, but I can assure you that I have nothing to do with the more than 20 million tourists who will visit us this year, nor with the half dozen cruise ships that a few days ago unloaded more than 15,000 people at the port of Palma and emitted tons of polluting gases. Nor with the record number of private jets owned by billionaires (some from the area, like Miquel Fluxà) that generate as much CO2 as you and I do in a lifetime. Instead, most schools do not have air conditioning and no one demands accountability for it.We must be able to have air conditioning, and it is clear that we must use it responsibly, as we do with water. But if those who pollute the most and can do the most to prevent it do nothing, and no one forces them either, our contribution will be a grain of sand, but only a grain of sand. It is the politicians who must set rules that guarantee not only social justice, but also climate justice, which implies taking concrete measures that ensure the well-being of present and future generations.This legislature, which is already heading downhill towards the elections, began with a sensible acknowledgement from the President of the Government, who said that limits needed to be placed on our main economic activity, tourism. The figures today point in the opposite direction: we think that the increase in tourist spending and luxury tourism will redeem us, when in reality what they do is raise the prices of the most basic things for residents, starting with housing and continuing with food.Not only have the homework not been done, but in Mallorca we will continue to feed the largest incinerator in the Mediterranean with the waste from the tourists of Ibiza and we will fill the roads with trucks that will transport pre-treated shit so that it does not smell, while we hope that one day there will be real restrictions on car circulation, which makes life impossible for so many Majorcans. Spaces like Es Trenc are unprotected, and others that are, like a good part of the waters of the Balearic Islands, will experience the summer with more aggressions to Posidonia than in centuries, at the hands of ships of all kinds that have already planned to go see the eclipse from the sea next August.We will be very overshadowed. For a long time now, all of this has been unsustainable and words can hold up almost everything, except for the patience of the residents. Because, increasingly, the only ones who will be able to enjoy the island will be those who look at it from their luxury urbanization or from their yacht, while the rest of us resign ourselves to another summer without leaving our home cave. And no complaints, because at least we have a home.

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The Directorate General of Emergencies maintains the yellow alert for high temperatures in Mallorca and the Pitiüses Islands. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) activates the alert at midday in Mallorca: the temperature could reach 36ºC in the north and northeast of the island, while inland the maximum will be 37ºC. Regarding Ibiza and Formentera, temperatures can reach 36ºC. The warning will remain in effect until 7:00 PM. Starting Tuesday, it extends to Menorca, with highs of 36ºC, and the alert will remain active in the rest of the islands in the following days.

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The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) issued a special note this Thursday afternoon warning that in the coming days, especially from Sunday, a very dry and warm mass will cause very high temperatures, with "a significant level of danger" and a possible heatwave until Tuesday in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. "In the coming days, a ridge is expected over our territory and a trough that will be located to the west of the Iberian Peninsula. This configuration, combined with high insolation, high stability, and light winds, will favor the generation and spread across a large part of the territory of a very dry and warm mass," the agency indicated.

]]> <![CDATA[The summer begins with the first heatwave]]>

This year's summer officially began this Sunday at 10:24 AM and it does so with the first heatwave of the season. The entry of warm air from the south will raise temperatures generally across a large part of the State, with maximums that could reach 40 degrees in some parts of the Peninsula.

]]> <![CDATA[The heat soars in the Balearic Islands: up to 38 degrees after muddy rainfall]]>

The Balearic Islands will reach maximum temperatures that could approach 38 degrees in a week in which dry thunderstorms are also likely to occur, leaving mud precipitation, according to the forecast from the State Meteorological Agency. The week begins this Monday with a cold air front that could lead to a trough and some dry thunderstorms, with precipitation, albeit weak, in the form of mud.

]]> <![CDATA[Much of Mallorca will be on yellow alert this Tuesday due to temperatures reaching 37 degrees.]]>

The inland, south, north, and northeast of Mallorca will be under yellow alert this Tuesday because temperatures could reach 37 degrees Celsius. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) plans to activate the alert between 12 pm and 7 pm. Given this situation, the Balearic Islands Emergency Service 112 has decided to activate the zero gravity index (IG-0) of the Meteorological Plan.

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The Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a yellow alert for southern Mallorca and the island of Ibiza due to the high temperatures expected this week. According to the agency, highs could exceed 36 degrees Celsius (98 degrees Fahrenheit), and the risk of heat-related health problems is particularly high in coastal areas. Initially, the days of greatest risk are Tuesday and Wednesday, but the risk of the event continuing into the week is not ruled out.

]]> <![CDATA[The Balearic Sea is boiling at a record temperature of over 30 degrees.]]>

On June 24, the buoy that records the water temperature of Maó reached 29.3 °C, and this Monday the one in the Dragonera The temperature reached 30.55°C, record figures that, according to Miquel Gili, a meteorologist from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), "have never been recorded in the month of June." The Mediterranean is currently at temperatures between five and six degrees higher than usual for this time of year. In fact, Gili explains that the Mediterranean is the "warmest" sea in the world.

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