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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 55 points 11 months ago (4 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] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months 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.

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