6/26/2023 0 Comments Animal print window coverings![]() He works at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ in Leipzig, Germany. Rohini Kumar is a coauthor of that study. Explainer: CO 2 and other greenhouse gases Some places in the United States could see more rolling power blackouts, warned a January 2022 report in Earth’s Future. Yet extra electricity for more air conditioning could strain the electric power grid. So it’s no surprise that in a warming world, many more people will want - and need - ways to stay cool. ![]() Hot weather also makes it hard for people to work effectively. Extreme heat can worsen health problems - and sometimes prove deadly. Climate CentralĪs Earth’s climate continues to warm, people around the world are facing more very hot days. Multiple power outages left hundreds of thousands of Ohioans without home air conditioning. Climate change made warm overnight temperatures for most of Ohio four to five times more likely last June 15, a Climate Central data tool shows. People in parts of England and the Pacific Northwest, for instance, had seldom seen any need for it. Many folks hit by these hot spells had no air conditioning. ![]() And July heat in parts of China and England last year topped 40 ☌ (104 ☏). In June of that year, temps climbed to 49.6 ☌ (121 ☏) in one town in Canada’s British Columbia. In March 2021, temperatures soared to 49.5 ☌ (121.1 ☏) in Nawabshah, Pakistan. That’s a nonprofit news group that analyzes and reports on climate science.īut Ohio’s conditions were balmy compared to what many have faced elsewhere. Climate change made that hot night more likely than it would have been otherwise, according to a data tool used by Climate Central. As a result, homes stayed hot and stuffy. Overnight, temps didn’t get cooler than 25 ☌ (77 ☏). Temperatures in Columbus on June 14 hit 34° Celsius (93° Fahrenheit). Power outages shut down air conditioning for hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio last summer. This is another in a new series identifying technologies and actions that can slow climate change, reduce its impacts or help communities cope with a rapidly changing world.
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