Heat and Drought: Difference between revisions
From WikiDemocracy
Jump to navigationJump to search
SEO |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
|image_height=200 | |image_height=200 | ||
}} | }} | ||
======How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?===== | |||
===== Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says ===== | |||
[https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saguaro-cacti-collapsing-arizona-extreme-heat-scientist-says-2023-07-25/ by Liliana Salgado 25/7/23 Reuters] | |||
Summer monsoon rains the cacti rely on have failed to arrive, testing the desert giants' ability to survive in the wild as well as in cities after temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) for 25 days in Phoenix, said Tania Hernandez. | |||
===== =How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born? ===== | |||
<embed>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/climate/how-much-hotter-is-your-hometown.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage</embed> | <embed>https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/climate/how-much-hotter-is-your-hometown.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage</embed> | ||
As the world warms because of human-induced climate change, most of us can expect to see more days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher. See how your hometown has changed so far and how much hotter it may get. | As the world warms because of human-induced climate change, most of us can expect to see more days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher. See how your hometown has changed so far and how much hotter it may get. | ||
