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hunter

(38,318 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 10:36 PM Aug 2016

July Was the Single Warmest Month Ever Recorded

July of 2016 was the warmest month ever recorded, the latest in a slew of new temperature records set in the past several years, according to two new reports.

Scientists have recorded month after month of record-breaking temperatures this year, but July shattered all those records to become the hottest of any month in any year since record-keeping began. The data was confirmed separately by NASA and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA), provides near-certainty that 2016 will be the hottest year in recorded history.

July was 0.78°C (1.4°F) warmer than the 20th century average, according to the JMA. Locations across the globe experience extreme heat in July, including a so-called “heat dome” which hit across the United States and record temperatures of 54°C (129.2°F) in Kuwait.

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http://time.com/4453038/heat-wave-july-temperature/


And 2016 will probably be the warmest year ever.

Eventually fossil fuel use will decline... when this world civilization collapses.

It won't be pretty if nations not suffering climate change start walling off their borders to those that are.

Regional differences in the U.S.A. might even be inflamed. It's happened before during the dust bowl. "Okies" was not a term of endearment. "Florida Man" might face similar discrimination.

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July Was the Single Warmest Month Ever Recorded (Original Post) hunter Aug 2016 OP
Looks like whole regions will soon become uninhabitable Warpy Aug 2016 #1
there are already whole regions that are uninhabitable Loki Liesmith Aug 2016 #2
Yeah, I'm living in one. Warpy Aug 2016 #6
I truly doubt that civilization collapses Loki Liesmith Aug 2016 #3
Like Syria got harder? hunter Aug 2016 #4
Is there a prize? pscot Aug 2016 #5
Yep trev343 Aug 2016 #7

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
1. Looks like whole regions will soon become uninhabitable
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 11:18 PM
Aug 2016

unless we start living underground and venture out only in the early morning hours. That also assumes there will be something to eat and drink in those regions, something unlikely to be the case.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
2. there are already whole regions that are uninhabitable
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 11:29 PM
Aug 2016

They are called deserts.

We are just making them bigger. This isn't Mad Max.

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
6. Yeah, I'm living in one.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:50 AM
Aug 2016

The Sahara is crisscrossed with trading routes with stops at rare but usually reliable water sources. About the only one that's totally uninhabitable and extremely dangerous to cross is Antarctica.

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
3. I truly doubt that civilization collapses
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 11:30 PM
Aug 2016

It will just get harder.

Hyperbolic predictions do not help get responsible climate change policies enacted.

hunter

(38,318 posts)
4. Like Syria got harder?
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 11:44 PM
Aug 2016

There will never be a concrete correlation between climate change and refugee problems. Most of us won't notice until we ourselves are the refugees or we're chasing refugees off of our doorsteps.

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