Heat-related deaths are on the rise, but they don’t have to be
VergeAUG 2024
Global warming is the foundation of every rise in climate-related disasters, from hurricanes to tornadoes to floods. What's scariest of all is how heat in and of itself is killing more people than those other events combined, as humans simply cannot bear the rapid temperature jumps every year. Unfortunately, continual record-breaking heat waves have become the norm for this generation, but we can still protect the future if we lower carbon emissions.
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