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The Case of the Killer Heat

A Matter of Degrees

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What Is the Wet Bulb Temperature?

Climate change doesn't necessarily matter if it makes a particular event 17% more likely or 32% more likely. What matters is that human activity, specifically burning fossil fuels, is making the planet warmer and killing people. The novel starts out with an imaginary heatwave that hits India in 2025. It's such an extreme event because of the combination of both high heat and high humidity.

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