Recent op-eds and reports highlight the impact of climate change on extreme temperatures and heatwaves globally. Research indicates the harm from moderately hot days and anomalous warmth in cooler regions. Scientists attribute deadly heatwaves in West Africa to climate change, showing a significant increase in extreme temperatures and related fatalities.
Scientists say extreme temperatures that reached 119 degrees Fahrenheit and killed at least 100 people in parts of West Africa would only occur every 200 years in the absence of climate change https://t.co/SNse6e88kG
Opinion: We don’t see what climate change is doing to us https://t.co/pPXKhjvcbe
Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without global warming https://t.co/iAs32Eg2DL
How we should react to the climate crisis. https://t.co/djXoT5MB1p
The cruelty of exposing outdoor workers to extreme heat | Editorial https://t.co/eSrM07U6hO
Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023 https://t.co/LtYm1cIYMN via @YaleClimateComm #ClimateMatters
Extremes get all the attention in climate news and activism but beware those increasing moderately hot days - and the outsize harm from anomalous warm in cooler places. @rjisungpark @nytopinion https://t.co/YuvBHrtQcf One data point: "Recent research indicates that how…
"We Don’t See What Climate Change Is Doing to Us" | Must-read op-ed in today's @NYTimes by my @Penn colleague @RJisungPark: https://t.co/fOLKGrZC7v