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> ... a brand new city in a pocket of Australia where temperatures can be among the hottest on earth in the summer and climate change looms as a major threat.
by helsinkiandrew 4y ago
> ... a brand new city in a pocket of Australia where temperatures can be among the hottest on earth in the summer and climate change looms as a major threat.
> In January 2020, as wildfires ravaged Australia’s east coast, the temperature reached 48.9C in the Sydney suburb of Penrith, about 14 miles from Bradfield, making it the hottest place in the world.
Tree line streets and vegetation can cool the area but they do have the disadvantage of being flammable. It would take some very good reasons for me to move to a place that is hot by Australian standards and could get a lot hotter in the future.