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I keep suggesting people stop moving to the US deserts, but it looks like #Brazil is in really deep trouble.

“5 Billion people will face extreme heat [for] at least a month each year by 2050”

https://wapo.st/3L5qYUs

#GiftArticle #ClimateEmergency #HeatWave

Graph: Days with highly dangerous heat in the sun, Wet-bulb globe temperature above 89.6 Farenheit

Top axis, timeline: 2000, 2030, 2050
Left axis, number of days

Data: Example cities, with number of days of dangerous heat for the 3 years, worst first. (Most of the following numbers are approximated from the visual graph.)

Pkanbaru, Indonesia: 310-325-344
worst increase for Belém, Brazil: 48-149-223
Dubai, UAE: 165-180-189
Kolkata, India: 150-170-188
big increase for Nimule, South Sudan: 35-95-159
Phoenix, Arizona, USA: 60-85-102 or + 42 days
Freetown, Sierra Leone: 10-45-92 or + 82 days
Temperate cities farther north will be less impacted by highly dangerous heat.
Washington DC: 1-6-10
Madrid, Spain: 0-4-9
This entry was edited (1 year ago)
@skry For the convenience of users of SI units system : 89.6°F= 305.15°K = 32.0°C
@skry