Next time i run across someone who doesn’t believe in climate change i’ll show them this picture:
They’ll ask why i show them a picture of Spain in Summer. But that’s not Spain, that’s England. And it wasn’t in the summer, it was during spring.
To be fair, way way before anyone was remotely concerned about climate change, I worked at the Press Association in the UK - where, stereotypically enough, the IT department was relegated to the basement next to the PA Photos wire-photo department (IT in the basement because, well, normal - photos in the basement because photo archives with glass negatives literally weigh tonnes.)
Anyway, the arrival of the first picture of people (ideally attractive female students) ‘cooling off’ in a fountain, or the annual “look, it’s a beach, and there are people (ideally attractive, female) on it” photo was practically the first sign of Spring. Up there with the inevitable “students (ideally attractive and female) celebrating their A-Level results” photos; markers of the passing year that are as reliable and timeless as the blooming of snowdrops or the falling of leaves.
Which is not to say that we haven’t monumentally fucked the climate. But wire-photo cliches are not really that compelling as evidence.
I agree, also a single photo doesn’t show the trend either. But showing them scientific evidence also hasn’t convince them so far, so they might be a lost cause anyway. I am happy to see the change newspapers are slowly making from “omg the weather is real nice today” to “this nice weather is the result of something not so nice”.
This is typical for Bournemouth and Poole in hot weather. People travel down to there for the long beaches. Places like London are less than 2 hour drive away.
Sadly a lot of dick heads are included in those crowds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yezyz4x7ko
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyp8q72pyqo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62xxpkylv0o
Edit: the crowds are typical but not this early in the year as you said.
You can tell it’s not Mediterranean by the brown sea colour.
