#Global Warming–#Weather Extremes
Back in May, official temperatures soared to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) as humidity levels spiked in Cairo, Egypt. The early high heat and humidity sparked anxiety among residents worrying over the coming summer. Public complaints about official temperatures being lower than actual measures were widespread among a populace vulnerable to heat exposure in a notoriously hot region of the world suffering the ongoing impacts of human-forced warming. The below video captures some of the sentiment of a few months ago, when concern that record global temperatures in the range of 1 degree Celsius above 1880s averages might result in harm to Egypt’s populace was widespread and growing.” Sourced through Scoop.it from: robertscribbler.com GR: This summer’s deaths are sad harbingers of escalating weather extremes as the planet warms and ocean evaporation increases. Urban heat islands intensify the extremes. This bad for humans, pets, and factory-farmed animals, but for now, wild animals outside cities will not suffer as much. Of course, other human impacts are killing wild animals and plants. Increased transpiration during heat waves will hurry our innocent fellow creatures along the road to extinction.
