Thursday, 15 July 2021

Hotter than the human body can handle: Pakistan city broils in world’s highest temperatures

quote [ The solution for some is a solar panel, though at £36 each they are expensive for many. Cheap Chinese batteries are also available. “Everyone needs electricity here. It's not for television, it's for keeping cool,” says one electrical goods trader called Mohammad Iqbal. ]

Didn't I just read that Pakistan is also endangered by floods?
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+2 Sad]
[by Paracetamol@1:07pmGMT]

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steele said @ 11:27pm GMT on 15th Jul [Score:1 Informative]
Propublica published a bunch of maps predicting climate change results from 2040 to 2060. A considerable amount of the eastern US is going to have multiple days a year over the wet bulb temp. The rest of the US will just be on fire.

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States


According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America for centuries.


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