Heat domesLets not take climate change as the new norm, but continue to do something about it. Can't use excuse---"didn't see that coming".
All countries will be affected, one way or another. Even COVID may have connections with climate change. By the time it's decided that's it's climate change and not a temporary weather pattern, we will all be cooked.
More than 125 million people are under heat alerts, which include excessive heat warnings and heat advisories, across much of the central and eastern states Monday evening. This is over one-third of the US population. Cities under excessive heat warnings include Tulsa, Memphis, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Raleigh and Charlotte.
Above average temperatures sit under a heat dome across the US. "Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves around the world, tilting the scale in the direction of warmer temperatures," CNN meteorologist and climate expert Brandon Miller explained.
Infectious outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus, could become more common as climate change forces animals and humans to live in closer proximity, according to an infectious disease specialist.
Diseases already spread from wildlife to humans, says Christine Johnson, director at the One Health Institute at UC Davis in California, adding that about 75 per cent of viruses that infect humans originate from animals and insects.
But, she believes that as climate change progresses, outbreaks like the novel coronavirus will become more frequent.