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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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From: Sam7/20/2022 7:44:22 AM
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It’s so hot in Europe that roads are literally buckling
The world wasn’t built for this heat.
By Neel Dhanesha and Benji Jones Jul 20, 2022, 6:00am EDT

vox.com

It would probably be more accurate to say that human beings and current civilization weren't built for this heat. Well, also many other species that have adapted to the Anthropocene. The "world" has survived a lot of even more extreme climates than this one. Google "snowball earth", for example. Or see this NOAA article:

What's the hottest Earth's ever been?
climate.gov
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