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July 10, 2023 | 00:06
An NBC meteorologist suggested Sunday that the United Nations’ prediction that extreme heat could make some areas of the US South unlivable for humans in the future is probably closer than you might think.
During a discussion of extreme heatwaves expected to hit parts of the United States this summer, NBC meteorologist Angie Lassman cited a controversial 2022U.N. climate report stating that rising temperatures in the United States will make parts of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and California less suitable for human settlement by 2070.
The human body simply can’t handle these heat levels and will go into heat stress, guest host Joe Fryer told NBC’s Sunday Today. With much of the country and the world experiencing these record temperatures, at what point do certain areas simply become uninhabitable for humans?
Lassman said Fryer’s concern is actually, probably closer than you might think, highlighting the widely denounced report that warned that in some areas of the Southern United States and other regions of the world, heat waves will become so dangerous in less than fifty years that human life there will be unsustainable if no action is taken to re-evaluate theglobal climate policies.
That report also says that up to a third of the world’s population will start experiencing life-threatening hot conditions, something we currently only see in places like the Sahara, Lassman added.
All of that means climate migration, people in warmer areas with the most vulnerable populations moving to avoid heat and drought conditions, Lassman continued. This will, of course, put pressure on the cities and towns they move to and the heat [is] designed to cause this ripple effect in this century.
Time is running out, Fryer replied.
The study in question, published in October 2022 by the United Nations and the Red Cross, predicted that by 2070 rising temperatures could make climatic conditions in some areas of the world warmer than conditions deemed suitable for human life to thrive. .
The study also said that reducing greenhouse gases could reduce the number of people affected by up to 50%.
Critics dismissed the report as just another study in a long line of catastrophic climate change warnings and UN calls to action that stretched back decades.
NBC’s discussion was spurred by reports circulated last week suggesting the Earth hit its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer and comes as excessive heat warnings were issued across the United States during the 4th of July holiday.
Many heat advisories remain in effect around the world as sweltering temperatures are expected to break records in various regions this summer.
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