Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
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Re: Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
#2Is that really true? I mean human have no problem living in Arizona during the summer. Or countries in the equator where wet bulb temperature hover around 27C.
I imagine Canada would be more like the mid latitudes of the US if we saw a 2-4C increase in average temp.
Re: Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
#3Is that really true? I mean human have no problem living in Arizona during the summer. Or countries in the equator where wet bulb temperature hover around 27C. I imagine Canada would be more like the mid latitudes of the US if we saw a 2-4C increase in average temp.
Much less humidity in AZ although it is easy to succumb to the heat if you don't take precautions. In BC you have a completely different environment where a lot of the heat is attributed to/through humidity. It can be 25C but feel like 35C due to the Humidity. AC is not something people have required in these areas. If they are still under a semi lock down, than they may not be able to seek shelter in shopping malls, etc.
I can't imagine what would happen in Toronto if it got this hot, they are still in a nutty lock down type of scenario (16 City wide Infections in a city of 2 million and it remains almost closed) where shopping malls are only allowed 25% capacity. Considering many folks still don't have AC, it could get interesting.
Re: Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
#4Where will the world not be too hot to live in the next 50-100 years?
Re: Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
#5Is that really true? I mean human have no problem living in Arizona during the summer. Or countries in the equator where wet bulb temperature hover around 27C. I imagine Canada would be more like the mid latitudes of the US if we saw a 2-4C increase in average temp.
It is interesting that you bring up wet bulb temperature, when TFA answers your question using just that measurement. Since you must have missed it in your initial reading, search TFA for "35C", which the wet bulb temp that has been briefly observed in some parts of the world over the last couple of years.
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#6World won't become too hot for humans anytime soon.
If there was a way to know, I'd bet the Guardian journalist $1,000 that the world will become too hot for humans in the next 20 years.
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#7Interesting to see how people actively work to increase their ignorance on this topic. Was watching this[1] about doxastic anxiety and could only think about climate destruction.
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#8WTF??
All the time - it's about humans! We're not the only species on this planet! We don't exist in a vacuum - there is such a thing as an ecological network!
What's the fallout for everything else? How many mammals, birds, reptiles, insects died in the recent heatwave? How will this shape ecosystems and biomes?
This kind of thinking is part of the problem...
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#9Where will the world not be too hot to live in the next 50-100 years?
Antarctica? Marie Byrd Land will have melted land areas soon, in the next few decades. By 2100 it'll be completely uncovered. And the Antarctic Treaties expire in 2047...
Re: Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans
#10WTF?? All the time - it's about humans ! We're not the only species on this planet! We don't exist in a vacuum - there is such a thing as an ecological network! What's the fallout for everything else? How many mammals, birds, reptiles, insects died in the recent heatwave? How will this shape ecosystems and biomes? This kind of thinking is part of the problem...
Looks like we don't even care about our own future, we're sadly a long way from what you're suggesting