The Rhine heat claim was a one-second dip in ankle-deep water, a sloppy stunt that fuels climate skepticism and distracts from real drought threats to shipping.

German weather site’s viral Rhine temperature reading draws mockery over flawed method
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German weather site’s viral Rhine temperature reading draws mockery over flawed method

A viral video from German weather site donnerwetter.de claiming the Rhine River hit 28 C was ridiculed for using a one-second dip in two-centimeter-deep, sun-baked water. The shallow measurement site near Bonn, with water only 2 cm deep, could not ac