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Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today

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Re: Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today

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For some perspective, since this seems to be on the sensational side, the yearly average high for August is 117, with temperatures routinely reaching into the 120s, with similar reports found through the last decade (on mobile, can’t reference easily).

So it's not a record temperature, just a really hot temperature in a place that routinely sees really hot temperatures?

Re: Iran soared up to a scorching 52.2°C (126°F) today

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There are going to be a lot of climate refugees in the next quarter century. Crop failures, and literally unlivable temperatures like these. I doubt even Rwanda will be able to take them all in.

Certain crops will become untenable in some areas, but in other areas, certain crops will become tenable that once weren't.

But none of this is new, what's new (aside from the anthropogenic cause) is that Homo sapiens' usual coping mechanism of migration is no longer feasible.

This is where the problems and conflicts will come.

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