Climate

Paris

"everyone is in danger..." 😂

just hit 38°c (100.4°f for the americans) right now in paris, mon dieu !

Watch a first large-scale lethal wet bulb temperature exceedance happen at some point in the next ten years

Heat truly is the silent killer. While I fully expect one large and very public event of wet-bulb temperature exceedance leading to mass casualties within this decade, lethal levels of heat quietly collect bodies in the meantime.

300 Muslim pilgrims just died in 49C/120F temperatures doing their lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) which this year coincides with the hottest season. The story is barely registering in the news. See https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/19/middleeast/hajj-deaths-mecca-extreme-heat-intl-latam/index.html

Then, people are dying one by one in isolated incidents, and heatstrokes are being suspected as the common denominator. See https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/19/climate/extreme-heat-brain-greece-tourists/index.html

If this is happening to humans, despite their superior ability (in principle) to predict and shelter from the heat, imagine the silent consequences to the fauna and flora that can't escape.

https://farcaster.xyz/aviationdoctor.eth/0x280cdfbc for context

Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation and climate science, host of /diving /ethfinance /forteantimes /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

Welp, looks like an airport in Iran just recorded a heat index (i.e., perceived temperature) of 180°F / 82.2°C, which is well into the “red zone” of the chart below.

The air temperature of 102°F / 38.9°C combined with a humidity of 85% led to that record-breaking heat index.

This is the first time I see a wet-bulb temperature excursion into lethal territory. Wait until this happens in a place like Delhi. 

We’re just casually speedrunning the Great Filter

Source: https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1828905915225125132

https://farcaster.xyz/aviationdoctor.eth/0xc400877c more context

https://farcaster.xyz/aviationdoctor.eth/0xbe6f011c Ok ok final context

thank you, was wondering what wet bulb temperature is 😅

every summer i see old people outside during the canicule days and i worry so much for them...

Software engineer @ pinata.cloud. Interested in web3 and games. 🇨🇴

Spot on. Animals can’t “shelter in place” or “remember to hydrate” or “just turn on the A/C bro”. It’s all a selfish cop out when we’re supposed to be the smart custodians of this damn planet.

But nature will do its thing — just a matter of agri yields falling down and food chains no longer sustaining 8B+ humans.

Watch food prices, climate migrations, and water conflicts in the next 10 years

What's saddest about this is that these temperatures are already lethal in some of those places for many animals  😢💔 we'll only start caring when humas feel the struggle (even then, I doubt it will be prioritized)