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‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits [for older people] with worse to come, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

The paper is here

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

You mean digits = deaths? We have absolutely killed that many and the WHO estimates near a half million heat related deaths. Or are you referring to a limited locale?

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago

limited local for individual events. so like one heat wave incident in my city.

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