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Above: JUNE 05: A sign about extreme heat is posted at the Piestewa Peak trailhead in Phoenix, Arizona. Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

The burning of fossil fuels has led to annual record-breaking heat for several years now, and what's most troubling is that heat-related deaths are rising alongside these temperature changes. From north to south and east to west, Americans are finding it more and more difficult to avoid these lethal heat waves. As human beings are the ones who created inorganic global warming, this catastrophe can only be stopped if human behavior changes.

The media sensationalizes natural disaster stories so much that many people think the world is always on fire. What they don't include is that natural disaster deaths have dropped by 92% since their peak in the 1920s. Weand probablycarbon won'temissions preventare thealso predicted 2.5°Cto temperaturedecline increase,in but,both asrich societyand haspoor overcountries in the pastcoming century,decade. weAs willcountries continuework to advancelower technologicallyemissions andto medicallythe tobest helpof graduallytheir bringability, downsociety emissionswill andcontinue to adapt technologically to protect people from severe weather when it occurs.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that the 2˚C global climate threshold will be crossed in 2045, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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