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Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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Everybody laughs until the seasons are no longer reliable enough to grow wheat, corn, or rice, and then suddenly 7.5 billion people starve to death over a two year period.
I'm worried this summer we'll see massive crop failures and significant deaths from heat. It was 38c in Delhi today - we're nowhere near the hottest part of the year. It's going to be brutal.