Just in case Europeans think that the air here is hotter than usual, do not forget that the sea surface of the entire planet is warmer than it has ever been in late June (since records began). https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/
@wolfgangcramer
The heat we feel on land is only the visible part of the system.
The real driver is the ocean, and when global sea surface temperatures break late June records, the entire climate engine shifts.
Local anomalies stop being local.
They become expressions of a planetary baseline that has moved.
Understanding the ocean is understanding the heat.
Jun 30, 2026, 10:52 AM@wolfgangcramer Water has high thermal mass. If the water is getting warmer that means there is a *lot* of energy being absorbed by it. It also means getting rid of it is going to be hard also.