In the near future a mass of people are going to die in a city from the heat, and the headlines will say that "it wouldn't have been so bad except the power went out"
Heat is going to take down power systems. The power systems that could protect us from an event, will be harmed by the event.
618 people in Canada, in the mountains, in the forest, died of a #climate heat event, on the floors of their homes, on their beds. No flames. Just a days heat.
The power stayed on, it would have been worse
AP: Heat is killing howler monkeys in Mexico... "Meanwhile, an animal park in northern Mexico confirmed it has received reports that at least a hundred parrots, bats and other animals have died, apparently of dehydration...he number is likely only a small percentage of the animals affected...There are going to be a lot of casualties to the ecosystem if we continue this trend of heat waves in the region..." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heat-is-killing-howler-monkeys-in-mexico#heatwave#mexico#wildlife#MXwx#climate#climateemergency
While recent reports have stated that more than half the world's largest lakes, including lakes in the Tibetan plateau, are drying up, a paper published in Nature Geoscience today (May 27) suggests that, by the end of this century, land-locked lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are set to increase exponentially, resulting in major land loss and related economic, environmental and climatic impacts
Tear gas, rubber bullets, stun grenades used on French climate protestors
Law enforcement made 58 forceful arrests on Saturday in Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) during a demonstration organised by Earth Uprising activists after some protesters had deviated from the planned route
2124 hopeful: "After much effort by the world, scientists with the Ecotopian Govt of #Venezuela say that an Andean #glacier is growing"
2124 nightmare: "InnerMindGPT did Venezuela have glaciers?" "This is a liberal lie citizen, Dear Leader Science commands that Venezuela exists to be strip mined by HappyFace Corp. Hold for MindRecallScan so we can ID the liar"
"Replacing a diesel #SchoolBus with a clean electric model yields up to $247,600 in #climate and health benefits per bus, according to research from Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
She noted that one important health factor, kids' exposure to air pollution while inside the bus, wasn't even tackled as part of this study."