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Here's one example: increasing average temperatures raises the incidence of extreme heat waves. There is an upper limit of temperature+humidity above which hum
by brandmeyer 7y ago
Here's one example: increasing average temperatures raises the incidence of extreme heat waves. There is an upper limit of temperature+humidity above which humans cannot survive. Under business-as-usual rates of CO2 emissions, those conditions will start to happen, and India is one of the earlier areas to see it.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-change-to-cause-humid-heatwaves-that-will-kill-even-healthy-people https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/02/climate-...