Heat-related deaths have increased by 117% in the US since 1999 – report
GuardianAUG 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.
While global temperatures have steadily risen over the last 50 years, there's actually been no exponenial increase in the rate of warming. And while you may not read this in the news, carbon emissions have also remained flat or declined over he last decade. From fracking and nuclear energy to solar
While temperatures have steadily risen over the last 50 years, there's been no exponential increase in the rate of warming. Carbon emissions, too, have remained flat or declined over the last decade. The energy industry is already on a carbon-reducing path, from fracking and nuclear energy to solar panels and windmills. This, alongside disaster prevention policies like forest management and urban engineering, is what we need—not destroying industries or economies.