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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days ago

3,400 deaths in a day: India's extreme heat days are deadlier than we imagined

www.indiatoday.in

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3,400 deaths in a day: India's extreme heat days are deadlier than we imagined

www.indiatoday.in

silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 25 days ago
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Official counts of "heatstroke deaths" are often low, sometimes just a few hundred in a bad season, because many heat-related deaths are not labelled as such. This implies that the toll could be much higher.

The paper is here

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    I remember arguing with Indians on Reddit 10 years ago who spouted stuff like: “The West polluted first, it’s our turn now to develop our economy!”

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      What’s actually happening:

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        good

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      That’s gatekeeping, colonialism and victim blaming.

      A lot of idians, virtually the same amount even would die if they did not develop their country.

      Poverty by choice is not a solution to global warming, but may trigger wars and ethnic cleansing.

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