BBC: Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer
Japan has unveiled a new name for days that reach 40C (104F) or above, after the country experienced its hottest summer on record last year.
The term - kokushobi - has been translated as "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot"
Hit by what is called a "heat dome" of warm air from northern Africa, people in western Europe turned to fans and fountains as they endured a record-breaking heat wave, with temperatures set to soar even further. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/05/27/climate-change/spring-heat-wave-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #eu #europe #heatwaves #climatechange
Frog two if the frog was me: "Yeah, what's the worst that could happen? We'll all boil to death..."
"This heatwave was brought to you by Teboil!"
Yeah, that'll work, lets start doing that 😂
