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A Third Of the Planet's Population Is Exposed To Deadly Heatwaves (motherjones.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Nearly a third of the world's population is now exposed to climatic conditions that produce deadly heatwaves, as the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere makes it "almost inevitable" that vast areas of the planet will face rising fatalities from high temperatures, new research has found. Climate change has escalated the heatwave risk across the globe, the study states, with nearly half of the world's population set to suffer periods of deadly heat by the end of the century even if greenhouse gases are radically cut. "For heatwaves, our options are now between bad or terrible," said Camilo Mora, an academic at the University of Hawaii and lead author of the study. High temperatures are currently baking large swaths of the south-western US, with the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing an excessive heat warning for Phoenix, Arizona, which is set to reach 119F (48.3C) on Monday. The heat warning extends across much of Arizona and up through the heart of California, with Palm Springs forecast a toasty 116F (46.6C) on Monday and Sacramento set to reach 107F (41.6C).
The Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief of the US of A says so! That's why his administration minions are cutitng funding for renewable energy and instead propping up the fossil fuel industries! Also your 'thermometer' is something created because of SCIENCE, and Jesus hates science, so of course it's lying to you!
..and now I sit back and bask in the glory of being modded down to negative one by all the rabid conservatives. Go ahead, use your points up on me! All you're doing is proving that you're mad.
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Face it: We're fucked. The only reason I can stay relatively sane, is I know I'll be long dead by the time the formerly temperate zones of the Earth become nigh-unto uninhabitable. Tell your single-digit-aged childen to cross their fingers that the current climate theories are in fact wrong and that there's a mini ice age coming up.