If India Chokes Less, It Will Fry More (economist.com) 16
South Asia has warmed far more slowly than the rest of the world over the past four decades with temperatures rising just 0.09C per decade compared to 0.30C elsewhere on land, according to new climate research. Scientists believe this "warming hole" results from two factors that have masked the true impact of global warming: heavy aerosol pollution that reflects sunlight back to space and expanded irrigation that cools air through evaporation.
The protective effect is temporary and comes at a deadly cost. Air pollution currently kills between 2 million and 3 million people annually in South Asia, while extreme heat causes 100,000 to 600,000 deaths. As governments reduce pollution and groundwater depletion limits irrigation expansion, atmospheric scientists predict India will warm at twice the rate of the past 20 years. By 2047, the average Indian could experience a four-fold increase in dangerous heat stress days, threatening a region where only 10% of households have air conditioning.
The protective effect is temporary and comes at a deadly cost. Air pollution currently kills between 2 million and 3 million people annually in South Asia, while extreme heat causes 100,000 to 600,000 deaths. As governments reduce pollution and groundwater depletion limits irrigation expansion, atmospheric scientists predict India will warm at twice the rate of the past 20 years. By 2047, the average Indian could experience a four-fold increase in dangerous heat stress days, threatening a region where only 10% of households have air conditioning.
Another reason we will have mass world war (Score:3)
I don't plan on being around for the worst of it but still kind of fucked up that I ended up having a kid.
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It's also crazy to think that India's population is projected to continue growing until the early 2060's and peak at 1.7 billion people. For reference, they're currently at around 1.4 billion so that's almost an entire United State's worth of people they'll be adding to their country on top of the 1.4 billion they have now and their country is only about a third of the size of the US.
How? (Score:2)
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Demographic momentum. Large young population means that total births will remain high for decades.
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Point #1: Global population has for all meaningful purposes has already peaked at around 10B and is going to start rapidly shrinking. Technically, the UN thinks the ACTUAL peak MAY be in 2080 - but guess what, every time they look at the data, the peak moves closer.. because population growth is shrinking exponentially, the slowdown is not measured well. https://ourworldindata.org/un-... [ourworldindata.org]
Point #2: We already have way more food and resources that needed. It is just not evenly distributed. Every day 20% of the
Just call Israel (Score:2)
Reforestation, ultra-low-water farming. Tents over plants.
Then reflective roofs, walls, and at least white roads. It'll make a huge difference.
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Trees! (Score:1)
Re: Trees! (Score:2)