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OKIsItJustMe

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Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:00 PM Jun 2017

Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves

https://news.uci.edu/research/small-climb-in-mean-temperatures-linked-to-far-higher-chance-of-deadly-heat-waves/
[font face=Serif][font size=5]Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves[/font]

[font size=4]UCI-led analysis of data from India could have dire implications for future[/font]

on June 7, 2017

[font size=3]Irvine, Calif., June 7, 2017 — An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius over half a century may not seem all that serious, but it’s enough to have more than doubled the probability of a heat wave killing in excess of 100 people in India, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions.

This could have grim implications for the future, because mean temperatures are projected to rise by 2.2 to 5.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century in the low- and mid-latitude countries of the Asian subcontinent, the Middle East, Africa and South America.

“The impact of global climate change is not a specter on the horizon. It’s real, and it’s being felt now all over the planet,” said Amir AghaKouchak, UCI associate professor of civil & environmental engineering and co-author of the study, published today in Science Advances. “It’s particularly alarming that the adverse effects are pummeling the world’s most vulnerable populations.”



In real terms, there were only 43 and 34 heat-related fatalities in 1975 and 1976, respectively, when the mean summer temperature was about 27.4 degrees Celsius. However, at least 1,600 people died from excessive heat in 1998, when the mean summer temperature was higher than 28 degrees Celsius.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700066
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Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe Jun 2017 OP
A rise of 2 degrees C, the so-called "safe limit"... Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 #1

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
1. A rise of 2 degrees C, the so-called "safe limit"...
Thu Jun 8, 2017, 04:21 PM
Jun 2017

could not only result in heat waves that kill millions, but in widespread crop failure leading to worldwide famine.

Yet we still have techno-utopians who tell us that the next great scientific breakthrough will save us all and usher in a new era of peace and prosperity. It ain't gonna happen. We're too late to save civilization from the consequences of its own ignorance.

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