The convergence of natural and human-influenced factors is probably intensifying the heat wave in the Mediterranean, a region that saw consecutive years of record-breaking ocean warmth in 2023 and 2024.

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    Bear in mind that most production environments here in Italy for example, don’t have air conditioning, even some offices don’t. Companies sometimes do summer hours, where they begin an hour or two earlier to take advantage of the morning cool, but when the night’s lowest temperatures are above 30°C, it’s still brutal.