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What is an increase of 300%?
by nonbel 8y ago
What is an increase of 300%?
- mikeash 8y ago157 million more people being exposed to heatwaves.
- masonic 8y agoGiven the corresponding population increase of 1.5 billion over the study period, most of that in areas subject to heatwaves... is that figure even noteworthy?
- mikeash 8y agoFour times as many people experience heat waves in a period where the population increased by ~20%. You don’t find that problematic?
- nonbel 8y agoMore people -> more people exposed to heatwaves. It is a flawed metric to use for assessing an effect of climate change.
- mikeash 8y ago~20% more people, ~300% more people exposed to heatwaves. This change is clearly not due to population growth.
- nonbel 8y ago>"~20% more people, ~300% more people exposed to heatwaves." One interpretation: 90% of people born in the last 20 years or so are not being exposed to an increased number of heatwaves. They only tell us an increase of 157 million people since 2000, not sure what the baseline is and don't feel like signing up for the lancet article. If you want to check it please share the baseline percentage of people? I just know its a rabbit hole... I'd start asking stuff like: is this people exposed at least once in their life to a heatwave, what is the definition of heatwave and how has the definition changed, in general how is this measured? >"This change is clearly not due to population growth." This is wild speculation, it all depends where the population growth has occurred.