It’s Not the Heat, ..Well, Ok It Is the Heat

Politicians only think of winning the next election. Almost all journalists are small C Conservative, are hearing disinfo, are ideology driven, and think scientists are hysterical – so the public are not demanding action because they’re not hearing the full truth #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/M6feG1x4Ne
— Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 (@MrMatthewTodd) August 21, 2023

Above, James Lovelock puts it pretty well.
It’s one thing to say that humans can adapt to heat with air conditioning and behavioral changes, but the natural world, and the creatures that live in it, have no such options.

Now a pair of 150° in Iowa. Heat Index values are the highest many of us have ever seen. Does anyone know what the US record is?

And yes, I know a long-term database isn't kept for dewpoint and heat index pic.twitter.com/2Cl6KwkcBH
— Bill Karins 💧 (@BillKarins) August 21, 2023

WATCH: Author @jeffgoodell joins the latest #WITHpod to discuss the deleterious ways extreme heat impacts every living thing, what rising temps reveal about fault lines in governments and more.

Listen here: https://t.co/G6bW4hhWug pic.twitter.com/WRcjAXFwOv
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) August 23, 2023