The dangers of extreme heat — for our health and our planet

极端高温对我们的健康和地球的危险

Apple News In Conversation

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2023-07-28

33 分钟
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July is on track to be the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Millions of people in the U.S. are living in areas with dangerous levels of heat — and a growing death toll. In a new book, The Heat Will Kill You First, reporter Jeff Goodell warns that heat is pushing us into a new climate era, with dire implications for individuals, society, and our planet. Goodell spoke with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about the changes we need to make today and the reasons he still has hope for the future.
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  • This is in conversation from Apple News.

  • I'm Shamita Basu.

  • Today, the dangers of extreme heat for our health and Omnis planet this summer has been hot in many places, scarily so.

  • Heat records are being broken every day.

  • Planet Earth is on fire.

  • The record heat across the world has been unrelenting.

  • You know it's 111 degrees outside tonight, the deadly heat dome tightening its grip.

  • It is the kind of heat that you feel as soon as you step.

  • Outside when you open like an oven, what it feels like.

  • We're talking about a deadly heat wave that is feeling more like a heat tsunami.

  • In the South, Virginia Key, Florida, Galveston.

  • Texas, California and Arizona.

  • The extreme weather is not just impacting the US Parts of Europe, Greece, Spain, France, northwest India.

  • The Iraqi capital is broiling in 116 degree heat.