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One of 2023's most extreme heat waves is happening in the middle of winter (phys.org)

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Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C–20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C—breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked at 39°C in the town of Rivadavia.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this rate we're probably only a year or two away from seeing an area in the world head into the 50°C+ range and kill everyone who can't get into air conditioning.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Soon we will be telling next gen peeps (mutant descendants) how 'back in our day' we could walk outside, not pay a daily air allowance to the regional megacorp, and even see animals and plants irl.

But at least Soylent Green will be available in several flavors so that is something to look forward to ...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. It's going to get worse before it gets better regardless now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Realistically given our trajectory it probably won't get better again until long after we go extinct

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

We won't go extinct, but we could suffer civilization collapse and billions could die. The survivors would live in the ruins of the planet for basically ever because it could take so long to recover humans aren't humans by then.