Italy: 22 degrees in South Tyrol, bathing weather in Sicily - and blooming mimosas as a bad omen. Winter has so far been almost two degrees above the historical average (plus 1.87 degrees), according to Coldiretti's analysis for the month of December.
The connection to climate change is being discussed on social networks. “People don’t get it,” writes one user under the beach photos from Liguria on Facebook. ‘If one of those people on the beach sunbathing happily were at home worried, would that make a difference?’