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Are the media exaggerating how hot it is in the Mediterranean?

05/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - More or Less, Are the media exaggerating how hot it is in the Mediterranean?

A look at how accurately media report on the weather – especially recent heatwaves.

Reports on heatwaves across the globe have dominated our newsfeeds over the last few weeks, with temperatures said to have soared over the 40C mark in many parts of Europe. But across social media, not everyone is buying it. A trickle of scepticism swelled to a tidal surge, with people questioning whether temperatures are being hyped up by the wider media to drive fear and scare-monger.  

In this programme, we unpick allegations made about how these temperatures are recorded - and if they are accurate. We hear from Samantha Burgess at the Copernicus Climate Change Service; Alessandro Delitala from the Sardinia Environmental Protection Agency; and Sean Buchan from Climate Action Against Disinformation. 
 
Presenter: Paul Connolly 
Producer: Natasha Fernandes 
Editor: Richard Vadon 
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown 
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar

(Children play in a public fountain in Toulouse, France as temperature reaches 39°C.  Credit: Alain Pitton/Getty Images)

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