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60,000 People Died from Blistering European Heat Waves, New Analysis Finds (www.scientificamerican.com)

submitted 1 year ago by RickRussell_CA to c/science

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More than 61,000 people died because of Europe’s record-shattering heat wave last summer, scientists have concluded. And that’s probably still an underestimation.

The figure is just shy of the 70,000 excess deaths researchers attribute to another exceptional heat wave that swept Europe in 2003. That disaster helped raise awareness about the dangers of climate change and the continent’s general lack of heat action plans.

Yet the new findings suggest that in the two decades since, efforts to prepare for a hotter future and protect the continent’s most vulnerable populations have fallen short.

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[–] GhostOnTheHalfShell@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The top priority should be remaking housing so it doesn't require power to keep up comfortable (and everything else so we don't need power to enjoy it).

Iran has had this knowledge for over 1000 years. Termites longer. It's utter insanity not to do this. We imagine we live in a fast changing high tech civilization but our 'solutions' are to pretend renewables will let us carry on like before. Rural folk in Bangladesh have adapted to seasonal flooding by taking to living on boats for part of the year, their gardens on them providing shade under the vines. They've already adapted. The West, not so much.

[–] shanghaibebop 7 points 1 year ago

The price for adopting these types of construction in urban environments can be quite steep, especially if you’re trying to retrofit concrete buildings with new ventilation.

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