Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says

 New research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure. Other cities are also at risk.


 
 
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‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists. Scientists say government must prepare for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels

Flooding in Wraysbury, England, last year. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images by   Damian Carrington     The worst-case impacts of th...