Re:The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of ...
by s5300 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:57PM
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Isn’t mass death one of the first things we’re going to be dealing with though?
Some places are already hitting wet bulb temperatures. Even slight increases in average temp are going to make the amount affected by wet bulb cascade quite quickly. In the regions where it’s hitting/will be hitting, infrastructure is sparse, and wet bulb without infrastructure to deal with it is death.
I have had somebody on HN argue with me quite animatedly about wet bulb being “fake news” though… ergh
Some places are already hitting wet bulb temperatures. Even slight increases in average temp are going to make the amount affected by wet bulb cascade quite quickly. In the regions where it’s hitting/will be hitting, infrastructure is sparse, and wet bulb without infrastructure to deal with it is death.
I have had somebody on HN argue with me quite animatedly about wet bulb being “fake news” though… ergh