[MCN] It's going to be one danged heat wave after another

[Lance Olsen]

Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with climate change <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/05/08/occurrence-back-back-heat-waves-likely-accelerate-climate-change&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTM0NTYzMjEyMjUxMDk0MjU3NjkyGmJmNmVmOTBmZDkxYzExY2E6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH14lad2fvuhvfppkfrrikGflwyfg>
Princeton University <>

As the planet continues to warm, multi-day heat waves are projected to increase in frequency, length and intensity. The additive effects of these extreme heat events overwhelm emergency service providers and hospital staff with heat-related maladies, disrupt the electrical grid, and can even cause delays in air travel.

But existing studies do not consider the increased loss of life and economic hardship that could come from back-to-back — or compound — heat waves, which bring cycles of sweltering temperatures with only brief periods of normal conditions in between.

Princeton University researchers now have provided the first estimation of the potential damage wrought by sequential heat waves, according to a paper published April 12 <https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018EF000989> in the journal Earth’s Future. The authors used computer simulations of Earth’s climate to find that compound heat events will increase as global warming continues and will pose greater risks to public health and safety.



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A study led by Susan Solomon found that the CO2 we add to the atmosphere every day remains there for centuries, “so that atmospheric temperatures do not drop significantly for at least 1,000 years.”
<<https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/106/6/1704.full.pdf <https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/106/6/1704.full.pdf>>>.” 

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“You don’t listen to the science because you are only interested in solutions that will enable you to carry on like before.”

Greta Thunberg’s invited address to the British Parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/greta-thunberg-full-speech-to-mps-you-did-not-act-in-time <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/greta-thunberg-full-speech-to-mps-you-did-not-act-in-time>
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