Monday, August 15, 2016

Epic Middle East Heat Wave Is Being Compared to Weapon of Mass Destruction Climate Nexus Climate Nexus

And it is contributing to social unrest.

http://www.ecowatch.com/middle-east-heat-wave-weapon-of-mass-destruction-1968326237.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb

Aug. 11, 2016

Recent extreme heat events in the Middle East have climate scientists worried about future climate-related catastrophes. Temperatures have climbed above 115 F across the region this summer and Kuwait and Iraq recently recorded most likely the hottest temperatures ever in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Record-breaking extreme heat—estimated to have claimed more lives than wars—has worsened over the years and recent studies have suggested future climate change will make parts of the region uninhabitable. A sergeant major in Iraq equated the heat wave to a weapon of mass destruction, saying, "It makes my skin crawl. It is killing us."

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