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Related: About this forumJuly Was the Single Warmest Month Ever Recorded
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.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)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)They are called deserts.
We are just making them bigger. This isn't Mad Max.
Warpy
(111,277 posts)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)It will just get harder.
Hyperbolic predictions do not help get responsible climate change policies enacted.
hunter
(38,318 posts)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.
pscot
(21,024 posts)I'll take the blow on the head.
We really need to switch the coal workers onto something more sustainable.