Of note, the article is mostly about why extreme heat waves are more likely near the poles, with the current warming playing a limited role in this particular event:
The complete role of climate change is still under investigation, although the new study asserts that the warmer atmosphere didn’t play a large role boosting temperatures. The team ran a suite of computer models running scenarios that included increased greenhouse gas emissions vs. a world that did not. They found climate change only increased the heat wave by 2 degrees Celsius. By the end of the century, climate change could boost such a heat wave by an additional 5 to 6 degrees Celsius.
Holy hell this is terrifying. I pray and vote and spread the word to make this the peak year
Just wait till next year. Carbon emissions are staying steady so this trend should get worse. The amount the world naturally takes out isn’t equivalent to what were putting in.
The absolute shit worst is that things are just going to worsen… If the climate is hellish (hot, stormy, etc), then the likelihood of green means of transportation catching on are just hard. No one is going to ride a bike in 40 degrees celcius. Nor when it is stormy outside.