“The Heat Will Kill You First”: Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell on Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

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746,059 views Jul 17, 2023 Latest ShowsThe world is in the grips of a dangerous heat wave that has sent temperatures skyrocketing to deadly levels throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Unless urgent action is taken to reduce carbon emissions, the United Nations says, Earth could pass a temperature threshold in the next decade when climate disasters are too extreme to adapt to. We speak with longtime climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of the new book, _The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet_, about how the climate crisis is raising temperatures, the toll such heat can have on the human body, and how “heat is the primary driver for this climate transformation we are undergoing right now,” fueling natural disasters such as floods, wildfires and more.

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13 thoughts on ““The Heat Will Kill You First”: Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell on Life and Death on a Scorched Planet”

  1. We all know what is happening to our planet, but the greedy don’t care … and sadly for us all, I don’t see their selfish attitudes changing

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      1. They think their money will be enough to get them out trouble, but you cannot buy or change the forces of nature 🌏🤗

  2. What most people don’t understand is that it’s already too late. Mother Nature will have her say whether we like it or not. And it’s true: the people who cannot adapt to change will die. That’s the way it’s always been.

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