Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 9 months agoDenial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it's not?theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down19
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minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agomass death from heat events are going to be the wakeup call most of the public will perceive. Perhaps this summer. Last week, Rio hit 137f w/ the heat index (humidity + temp). https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/17/2206375/-Heat-Index-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-hits-137-3-degrees-Fahrenheit?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Today it’s 107f (temp not heat index) in Mozambique. And it’s still ‘spring’ in the southern hemisphere; summer is going to be unsafe.
mass death from heat events are going to be the wakeup call most of the public will perceive. Perhaps this summer.
Last week, Rio hit 137f w/ the heat index (humidity + temp).
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/11/17/2206375/-Heat-Index-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-hits-137-3-degrees-Fahrenheit?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
Today it’s 107f (temp not heat index) in Mozambique. And it’s still ‘spring’ in the southern hemisphere; summer is going to be unsafe.