‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

172 points by Sash17 6 hours ago on reddit | 4 comments

slfnflctd | 4 hours ago

I forsee more people needing very small, well insulated, air-conditioned rooms powered by solar panels.

Edit: There are other ways to cool small areas or people depending on available local resources (sometimes just shade and some ice cubes!), but the above should work in a lot of places.

mystyc | an hour ago

I was thinking that deep basements might work.
Then I realized, no, people will just die and everyone will get used to it.

DieSystem | 41 minutes ago

Let me see.

Sea-Louse | 30 minutes ago

Only now? Imagine that in a place like, India or northern Australia…