"According to the medical journal the Lancet, heat extremes caused an estimated 546,000 deaths every year between 2012 and 2021 – a 63% rise on rates seen in the 1990s.
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"According to the medical journal the Lancet, heat extremes caused an estimated 546,000 deaths every year between 2012 and 2021 – a 63% rise on rates seen in the 1990s.
'That's the equivalent of a fully loaded jumbo jet full of people going down once every seven hours throughout the year,' says Prof Ollie Jay.
'And the really important thing to keep in mind is that every heat related death is preventable.'"
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future
Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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"According to the medical journal the Lancet, heat extremes caused an estimated 546,000 deaths every year between 2012 and 2021 – a 63% rise on rates seen in the 1990s.
'That's the equivalent of a fully loaded jumbo jet full of people going down once every seven hours throughout the year,' says Prof Ollie Jay.
'And the really important thing to keep in mind is that every heat related death is preventable.'"
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future
Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Nowadays, Tokyo sits in the "non-survivable" regime (for 6 hours outside) for long swarths of the summer. And each summer that I've lived in the city has become progressively hotter and longer.
In 2021, I joined a co-working space because I couldn't keep my apartment cool and dark enough to avoid migraines. That's a ludicrous amount of privilege.
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@cafuego are we even still alive? Probably not
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