https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/31/chinas-most-populous-area-could-be-uninhabitable-by-end-o
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/31/chinas-most-populous-area-could-be-uninhabitable-by-end-of-centuryf-century
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/31/chinas-most-populous-area-could-be-uninhabitable-by-end-of-century
"The most populous region of the biggest polluter on Earth – China’s northern
plain – will become uninhabitable in places if climate change is not curbed
The deadliest place on the planet for extreme future heatwaves will be the
north China plain, one of the most densely populated regions in the world and
the most important food-producing area in the huge nation.
New scientific research shows that humid heatwaves that kill even healthy
people within hours will strike the area repeatedly towards the end of the
century thanks to climate change, unless there are heavy cuts in carbon
emissions.
“This spot is going to be the hottest spot for deadly heatwaves in the
future,” said Prof Elfatih Eltahir, at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, US, who led the new study. The projections for China’s northern
plain are particularly worrying because many of the region’s 400 million people
are farmers and have little alternative to working outside."
