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Alaska, along with the rest of the far north, is seeing both the largest shifts as well as the most obvious shifts. Waving my hands a bit, a twenty degree diffe
by ip26 8y ago
Alaska, along with the rest of the far north, is seeing both the largest shifts as well as the most obvious shifts. Waving my hands a bit, a twenty degree difference in Arizona means it's hotter; a twenty degree difference in Alaska means melting permafrost, retreating glaciers, and widespread brood failures for migratory bird populations.
- bretpiatt 8y agoA 20° increase in Arizona (picking Yuma where my father grew up) would mean much worse. The record high is 124° from 1995[1], at 144° and 5-10 minutes of exposure we'd see death[2]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona#Climate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona#Climate [2] https://www.livescience.com/34128-limits-human-survival.html https://www.livescience.com/34128-limits-human-survival.html