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Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 105 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (20 children)

Rivers in Alaska have been running bronzish-orange... because the permafrost is melting.

The 'perma' frost, is melting.

That has huge amounts of methane locked up in at.

Which is 8 to 80x more effective at being a greenhouse gas than CO2.

And also ancient bacteria that could cause previously unknown kinds of diseases in wildlife and possibly humans, they now may or may not be seeping into the environment.

...

We have already had a consecutive 12 months at or above 1.5C global average temps, as of last month.

...

Shit's looking pretty bleak.

[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

Glaciers are reaching tipping points as well. Insane heat waves at both poles. It's over guys. Most poeple don't realize it yet but it's over. Those glaciers and poles took an entire iceage to form, and they are not going to come back.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

And yet people are having kids...

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world -4 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking baffles me.

Nothing baffling about it. It's just two (or more) people having consensual fun.

Or so I've been told...

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