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jpak

(41,742 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 12:49 PM Oct 2015

Burning Hell Coming for Mideast Deserts

http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/burning-hell-coming-for-mideast-deserts-151026.htm

If any place could be described as a living hell, it might be the desert regions of the Middle East. Hot, dry, dusty and arid, these harsh landscapes still manage to support cities populated by tens of millions of people who rely on air conditioning to survive.

Now scientists say that by the end of the century, the effects of climate change will push the region into a zone that surpasses the limits of human survival. They believe that most any outdoor activity will be hazardous.

“This is a significantly more severe type of heat wave than what people have experienced before,” said Elfatih Eltahir, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Co-author Jeremy Pal, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Loyola Marymount University, said that the 2003 heat wave that killed 15,000 people in Europe “looks like a refreshing day” compared to the future conditions expected in some parts of the Middle East.

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Burning Hell Coming for Mideast Deserts (Original Post) jpak Oct 2015 OP
The real elephant in the room.... nt haikugal Oct 2015 #1
Camel in the room? nt flamingdem Oct 2015 #2
It's a zoo in there... nt haikugal Oct 2015 #3
you think you see migration now.... dembotoz Oct 2015 #4
+1. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #5
+1 daleanime Oct 2015 #7
Migrations = Wars. Duppers Oct 2015 #8
kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Oct 2015 #6
So where else than Europe can they migrate to? Africa does jwirr Oct 2015 #9
No worries. The neoliberals will kill us all off long before the start of the next century. nt Zorra Oct 2015 #10

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
8. Migrations = Wars.
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 03:35 PM
Oct 2015

Eventually.

Truly inhabitable land will become more and more scarce. People will be fighting for food and survival.


jwirr

(39,215 posts)
9. So where else than Europe can they migrate to? Africa does
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 03:40 PM
Oct 2015

not seem to offer much choice. So Europe and Asia seem to be the destinations that will be the likely spots. And I suspect there will be a huge number of die off of the poor who cannot get out of the area.

At least we will finally have a good excuse for stopping the wars. Or that is why we are developing drones.

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