If we all would still be living the tribal life... — Benkei
Climate models have long predicted that a warming world would lead to higher humidity, because warmer air evaporates more water from Earth’s surface and can hold more moisture. The consequences of more humid heat include greater stress on the human body, increased odds of more extreme rainfall, warmer nights and higher cooling demand.
With only a few days left in meteorological summer, defined as June to August, this summer is on track to be the most humid in the United States in 85 years of recordkeeping based on observations of dew point — a measure of humidity — compiled by Hudson Valley meteorologist Ben Noll. It’s also likely to end up being the most humid summer globally, Alaska-based climate scientist Brian Brettschneider said in an email to The Washington Post.
If both trends hold, then five of the most humid summers in both the United States and worldwide will have occurred since 1998
the explosion of human population growth happened as a by-product of the industrial revolution — unenlightened
I don't think any of these transitions are bad in and of themselves, it's more that people generally don't care about sustainability or responsibilities. — jorndoe
human population has roughly been growing exponentially since the neolithic (as far as we can tell), but might peak in our time. — jorndoe
But the human population on Earth has exceeded the ability of the environment to sustain it: 'might' is not the term; human population will start to crash this century, as cartoon idiot like, we destroy the environment we depend on. — unenlightened
The problem with such predictions is a change in one thing leads to a change in rate which is connected to another change of rate which might not be about the linear relationship being described (and often isn't) — Moliere
Even under the worst-case scenarios, human-caused warming will not push the Earth beyond the bounds of habitability. — Agree-to-Disagree
Judd said the timeline should serve as a wake-up call. Even under the worst-case scenarios, human-caused warming will not push the Earth beyond the bounds of habitability. But it will create conditions unlike anything seen in the 300,000 years our species has existed — conditions that could wreak havoc through ecosystems and communities.
It's crazy that anyone ever believed that the earth would cease to be habitable due to anthropogenic climate change. — frank
Unfortunately the crazy ones have convinced young people that there is no future for them. — Agree-to-Disagree
Don’t waste too much time with climate deniers. — Mikie
At the timeline’s start, some 485 million years ago, Earth was in what is known as a hothouse climate, with no polar ice caps and average temperatures above 86 F (30 C). — Agree-to-Disagree
Do you think that article suggests that most of the animal life on land that is larger than an insect wouldn't go extinct if the average temperature was above 86 F? — wonderer1
Without air-conditioning, Kuwait is already more or less human uninhabitable in summer. — unenlightened
Why is the population of Kuwait going up so fast when Kuwait is supposedly "already more or less human uninhabitable in summer" ? — Agree-to-Disagree
I already told you. Air conditioning. — unenlightened
Without air-conditioning, Kuwait is already more or less human uninhabitable in summer. — unenlightened
The world's hottest city whose coast can burn sea creatures to death and whose streets feature air conditioning has been branded "unliveable".
In happier times, Kuwait City was known as the "Marseilles of the Gulf", boasted a thriving fishing industry and was an attractive prospect for tourists.
But like so many of Britain's seaside towns, the hub has fallen on harder times in recent years - albeit for reasons that would be alien to anybody who has taken a shivering stroll on one of the UK's beauty spots.
On July 21, 2016, the Mitribah weather station in northern Kuwait registered a temperature of 54C (129F) – the third-highest reading in the world. The blistering Cerberus Heatwave Europe has just endured would hardly have raised an eyebrow in the Middle Eastern country.
On July 21, 2016, the Mitribah weather station in northern Kuwait registered a temperature of 54C (129F) – the third-highest reading in the world. The blistering Cerberus Heatwave Europe has just endured would hardly have raised an eyebrow in the Middle Eastern country.
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