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> Canada and northern part of the US will be fine (north of the mason dixon line). I highly doubt that, given the heat we saw in the PNW and Canada this past m
by titzer 5y ago
> Canada and northern part of the US will be fine (north of the mason dixon line).
I highly doubt that, given the heat we saw in the PNW and Canada this past month, but even if true, the 3C is average over the planet. So other places in the world will have to be even more than 3C for that to be the average. They aren't gonna like that one bit.
- wahern 5y agoBased on current climate models and global average temperatures (1.2C above pre-industrial baseline), the recent PNW heat wave was judged to be a 1-in-1000 year event. The same models suggest a further 0.8C increase would make such a heat wave a 1-in-10 year event or greater. Source: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/preliminary-analysis-concludes-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-was-1000-year https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/prelimin...