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One of 2023's most extreme heat waves is happening in the middle of winter (phys.org)

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Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C–20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C—breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked at 39°C in the town of Rivadavia.

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[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Yep. It's going to get worse before it gets better regardless now.

[-] Chinzon@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Realistically given our trajectory it probably won't get better again until long after we go extinct

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

We won't go extinct, but we could suffer civilization collapse and billions could die. The survivors would live in the ruins of the planet for basically ever because it could take so long to recover humans aren't humans by then.

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