Half a degree further rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans

More areas to be too hot for humans

PARIS — Extreme heat will reach dangerous levels — even for younger people — across an area equivalent to the size of the United States if Earth's global warming hits two degrees Celsius, scientists warned on Tuesday. Climate change is driving an increasing number of deadly heat waves across the world, exposing a growing number of people to conditions that test the limits of human endurance. Last year, more than 1,300 people died at the Hajj pil…

If you plan to live until the end of the century, 35% of the earth’s surface could reach temperatures incompatible with your life during extreme heat events. At first, the information focused on rising temperatures as the only danger of global warming and, in any case, the extinction of the adorable polar bears. Little by little, we realized that the consequences went far beyond, with extreme weather events and complex geopolitical issues. Howev…

Half a degree further rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsuis above preindustrial levels. For those aged over 60, the same 2 degree rise would see more than a third of the planet's land mass cross this critical 'overheating' threshold.

The time is not far off when deadly heat waves that previously occurred every hundred years may occur every few years.

Scientists have said that the heat on Earth will reach extreme levels that are dangerous even for young people when the world warms up by two degrees Celsius. Dangerous values will be observed in an area whose dimensions can be compared to the United States, Science Alert reports. A third of the sushi will become too hot for people over 60. Climate change is causing more deadly heatwaves around the world, creating conditions beyond what humans c…

Everyone is at risk from heat, but the elderly and vulnerable are especially at risk. A 2 degree Celsius warming could be deadly for humans, according to a new study.