Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave. To help stay cool, people in France have been turning to an unusual solution – chalk. Here's the science behind the trend.
As someone who has seen hot climes before, I feel like a bunch of us should go to Europe and, y’know. Explain.
Absolutely. I’m from a cold place in the US, but we still at least got PSAs for a variety of climates. I’ve met several Germans who had a vacation companion melt their flip flops on hot sand, which sounds silly, but it’s not something they ever had to think about.
On the other hand, I’ve learned a lot about dealing with the cold here, because it’s not silliness, just climate specialization.
Absolutely. I’m from a cold place in the US, but we still at least got PSAs for a variety of climates. I’ve met several Germans who had a vacation companion melt their flip flops on hot sand, which sounds silly, but it’s not something they ever had to think about.
On the other hand, I’ve learned a lot about dealing with the cold here, because it’s not silliness, just climate specialization.
A whole bunch of them got a lesson in applied meteorology on a visit to the New World this spring.