Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people
The paper is here
Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people
The paper is here
Remember how they solved this in that one book that starts with the sole survivor of a massive heat dome?
That book was The Ministry for the Future (2020) by Kim Stanley Robinson and the solution involved assassinations at scale of oil and gas industry executives as well as destruction by drone of all fossil fuel tankers and egregiously polluting cargo ships. Also, massive releases of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, aggressive immobilization of Antarctic glaciers via water pumps, and the onboarding of all central banks to rebase currency according to how much CO₂ you can fix into the ground instead of capitalism’s belief in endless future growth. It is a very optimistic story, but one we’ll have to carry out eventually in some form to at least the degree described in the book.
Assassinations for non-compliant billionaires/oligarchs, which irl would be literally every single one! That was it! Thank you! Sorry for asking but it had been a while since i read that.
That was a surprisingly grisly start to an otherwise extremely disappointing book.
It really was. It had one good idea, though.
Kim Stanley Robinson is elderly now, time for him to put down the quill and pick up gardening. I’m constantly surprised that the people who are the most pro-tech and colonize space and “explore that” are never for the #1 most important thing: anti-aging and life extension research.