• BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    Places where temperature is already at the global maximum aren't going to see dramatic changes.

    It doesn't take a dramatic change to push an area from "hot" to "deadly." I'd take a high latitude continental climate at +10 degrees over normal over an equatorial region +5 over.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      Yeah that's the flip side of it, a few degrees make a big difference when you're already at the edge of survivability. Another aspect is food production. Imagine having a heat wave for a few weeks that kills the harvest, that's a recipe for a famine.

      • Pentacat [he/him]
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        5 months ago

        It’s a good thing most Americans get their food from McDonald’s!