Thermal data on metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia.(Wikimedia)
From Grist:
Scientists say it will take more than early warning systems and cooling centres to keep people safe.
This summer was more than uncomfortably hot — it was record-breaking, with many countries reporting their highest average temperatures yet. Western Europe, for example, sweated through five gruelling heat waves this year that sucked moisture from the soil, turned vegetation into wildfire fuel, and shrank rivers until the fish ran out of water…